115B NextWheel

Conversion of instrumented wheels to sustain research on manual wheelchair mobility

Intervention area

Mobility

Start date

April 1, 2021

End date

April 1, 2022

This project aims to create an electronic and software system for instrumented wheels (NextWheel) that will allow 1) a continuity in research in manual wheelchair biomechanics, at a time when no instrumented wheel has been commercially available since 2014; and 2) addressing the reliability and versatility of the SmartWheel instrumented wheel.

Lead applicant

Félix Chénier

Université du Québec à Montréal

Sciences de l'activité physique

9 INTER mandates

Team

Rachid Aissaoui

École de technologie supérieure

Génie des systèmes

28 INTER mandates

Philippe Archambault

Université McGill

Physical and Occupational Therapy

27 INTER mandates

Dany Gagnon

Université de Montréal

Réadaptation

Former INTER member

7 INTER mandates

Karina Lebel

Université de Sherbrooke

Génie électrique

8 INTER mandates

François Routhier

Université Laval

Réadaptation

20 INTER mandates