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Ninety-one male and 36 female patients at the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville, were the subjects of a study to determine the functional anthropometry of wheelchair users.
Apparatus was designed to measure on these subjects nine standard anthropometric body dimensions and 35 comfortable and maximum reaching distances at different angles and at varying heights from floor level. Other relevant details, e.g. subject's age, nature of injury, type of chair used, etc., were also recorded.
The data were analysed by computer to derive means and 5th and 95th percentile values for the male and female groups. From these values it was possible to construct diagrams of use to the architect and designer for determining space requirements for this category of disabled people.
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Floyd, W., Guttmann, L., Noble, C. et al. A study of the space requirements of wheelchair users. Spinal Cord 3, 173 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1965.19
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