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Experimental Study on Dimensional Requirement for Mobility of Elderly People using Mobility-supporting Gears in Dwellings

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09650677
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Town planning/Architectural planning
Research InstitutionScience University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

NAOI Hideo  Science University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Archtecture, Professor, 工学部・第II部, 教授 (10138977)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
KeywordsPush-type Wheelchair / Chair-type Stairlift / Elderly People / Dwellings / Stairs / Width of Passage / Defference of Floor Level / 車椅子 / 移乗スペース
Research Abstract

The aim of this study is to grasp dimensional requirement for mobility of elderly people to move in dwellings using mobility-supporting gears. To this aim, we made experiments to measure the required width of corridor and door to pass through for elderly people supported by push-type wheelchiar, and also required width of stairs with chair-type stairlift for both of stairlift users and stair users. The results are as follows ;
(1) Push-type wheelchair can barely move through corrider of 80cm wide. But in case of angle turninng, width of 90cm is required after turninng, and difference of floor level is also required to be less than 2cm.
(2) As to width of stairs, 120cm is required when elderly person is in sitting position, 90cm is required when seat of the stairlift is in folded position, but 76cm is required as the minimum width with a little tolerance in case of family use. As to space for change between stairlift and wheelchair, 10O-l30cm square is required on top and bottom of stairs.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All Other

All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] 矢島規雄, 直井英雄 他: "椅子式階段昇降機を設置する場合の必要階段幅寸法に関する実験研究" 日本建築学会大会学術講演梗概集. 677-678 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 川村かお里, 直井英雄: "椅子式階段昇降機を設置する場合の必要階段幅寸法に関する実験研究(2)" 日本建築学会大会学術講演梗概集. 767-768 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Norio Yajima, Hideo Naoi, et al.: "Experimental Study on Required Width of Stairs in case the Stairlift is Needed" Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan 1997 E. 677-678 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kaori Kawamura, Hideo Naoi: "Experimental Study on Required Width of Stairs in case the Stairlift is Needed (2)" Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan 1998 E. 767-768 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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