Rowing’ Wheelchair Is a Moving Experience
From: Medical Design Technology - 09/08/2014

Rice University students build custom chair for teen with arthrogryposis

Rice University students have built a unique wheelchair for a Houston
teenager who will now be able to row his way forward.

The new chair has push-forward paddles instead of armrests. Pedro places his
hands inside fabric loops and pushes to move. The spring-loaded arms do the
work when it’s time to pull his arms back to complete the cycle.

The students found their solution at a California-based company, Innovations
Health, which sold them wheelchair-specific, lever-operated Wijit wheels at
wholesale and advised the students on how to incorporate them into their
existing design.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/09/%E2%80%98rowing%E2%80%99-wheelchair-moving-experience

Links:
Row, Row, Row the Wheelchair (with video 4:47)
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/09/photos-day-row-row-row-wheelchair

Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
http://oedk.rice.edu/

Wijit
http://www.innovationshealth.com/

ArthrogryPulsion
http://oedk.rice.edu/Sys/PublicProfile/8974322/3636717

Wheelin' and Dealin'
http://oedk.rice.edu/Sys/PublicProfile/10844810/1063096

Rice Disability Support Services
http://dss.rice.edu/

Engineering 120 Blog
http://engi120.blogs.rice.edu/