Low Force Wheelchair Handrim

描述(由申请人提供)：手动轮椅使用者很难通过许多表面。地毯、草坪、门槛、松散的土壤等会使手动推进具有挑战性。对于许多轮椅使用者来说，这些表面可能特别麻烦，他们力量不足，或者是老年人，或者有手腕、肩膀、肘部疼痛或受伤。自我推进的锻炼对轮椅使用者的长期健康非常重要。Nextek正在追求一种重量轻、不显眼、价格低廉的手动轮椅车轮，它的手环力量很小，可以帮助用户通过这些麻烦的表面。 与公众健康相关：“低力轮椅扶手”可以为手动轮椅使用者提供一种机制，提高他们在具有挑战性的表面上自我推进的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many surfaces can be difficult for manual wheelchair users to negotiate. Carpets, lawns, door thresholds, loose soil, etc. can make manual propulsion challenging. These surfaces can be especially troublesome to the many wheelchair users that have low strength, or are elderly, or have wrist, shoulder, elbow pain or injury. The exercise of self-propulsion is very important to the long-term heath of wheelchair users. Nextek is pursuing a lightweight, unobtrusive, and inexpensive manual wheelchair wheel with a low force handrim that may help users negotiate these troublesome surfaces. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The "Low Force Wheelchair Handrim" could provide manual wheelchair users with a mechanism that improves their ability to self-propel over challenging surfaces.