University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has been involved in wheelchair-occupant safety research for more than thirty years and Biosciences researchers and test engineers have been active in leading the development of wheelchair transportation safety (WTS) standards worldwide since 1985. UMTRI’s Biosciences Group conducts sled-impact tests of wheelchairs, wheelchair seating systems, and wheelchair tiedowns and occupant-restraint systems (WTORS) to evaluate their frontal- impact performance relative to crashworthiness criteria in the latest U.S. and international industry standards.
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