Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report

Notes

^GG Analysis of Seat Heights for Wheeled Mobility Devices. The study is available at http://udeworld.com/analysis-of-seat-height-for-wheeled-mobility-devices.

^HH Of note, the committee also decided by consensus that extreme obesity was not within the scope of the committee’s work, but to instead use the data provided by Dr. Steinfeld’s study in determining their recommendation. See section 8.1 of this report for further discussion of extreme obesity, and its recommendation for future topics of research.

^II The IDeA Center in its research defined wheelchair wheelbase as the distance from the center of the primary drive wheel to the center of the caster measured parallel to the floor. It defines scooter wheelbase as the distance from the center of the primary drive wheels to the center of the back or front wheels measured parallel to the floor.

^JJ The concept of technical feasibility is one found in other areas of access. It recognizes that there may be physical factors that create limits to what functions can be achieved even with redesign. In mammography, the presence of the base support for the physical stability and operation of the equipment falls into this category. The committee recognizes that future visionaries may be able to “re-vision” new devices to provide greater clearances and smaller base supports.