(1) Current footrests on wheelchairs are a major source of the problems during transfer.
(2) A group of eight subjects was used to investigate some factors (footrest, backrest, posture, muscle tension, vibration magnitude) that may affect the apparent mass of a person; a group of 60 subjects (24 men, 24 women and 12 children) was used to investigate variability between people.
(3) Footrests and railings have appeared at a number of intersections, allowing cyclists to wait for the light to change without the irritation of having to hop off the saddle or put a foot down.
(4) The new footrest lowers down to the ground and is operated by a footlever.
(5) Studies are described in which the footrests of hospital wheelchairs are assessed and improved in order to reduce the problems of patient transfer.
(6) Dynamic stability was tested by having subjects descend a 5 degree ramp, by gravity alone, from progressively farther up the ramp until a full forward tip occurred (footrests contacted the floor) when the wheelchair struck a 5-cm-high obstruction with sufficient speed.
(7) Experimental and control groups of students were examined by a conventional panoramic technique, with and without the addition of an inclined footrest.
(8) Elevating one or both footrests and adding one or two simulated casts each significantly reduced static forward stability.
(9) This study tests the hypothesis that counterweights on the wheelchair footrests significantly increase static rear stability.
(10) On a high-friction floor surface, 19 and 18 subjects (with and without casts) experienced full tips or yawing falls to the side of the elevated footrest.
(11) In addition to pilot work indicating the amount and positioning of effective counterweights, ten normal subjects were studied on a tilting platform in both lightweight and conventional wheelchairs, with and without a 5-kg weight on the footrests.
(12) Four different types of footrest were fitted to hospital ward chairs and three types to transit chairs; these were assessed and compared by hospital ward staff and porters respectively.
(13) With both footrests elevated, eight subjects tipped transiently, and 12 continued to tip until the footrests hit the floor.
(14) Results indicated that the inclined footrest reduced spinal-shadow artifacts and improved over-all image quality.
(15) A new approach to footrest design is described which solves these difficulties by using a footrest that lowers onto the floor.
(16) Readings of both normal force (perpendicular to the seat) and shear force were measured while the chair's back angle and footrest height were changed.
(17) It consists of a contoured seat, mounted on a modified wheelchair frame, with integral armrests, footrests and headrest.
(18) Elevating one footrest (with or without a cast) caused only transient tips.
(19) Pressure under the ischial tuberosities was also measured during the footrest height adjustments.
(20) An inclined footrest was evaluated as a positioning aid for dental panoramic radiography.
Footstool
Definition:
(n.) A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ricky Gervais leans back in his chair, puts his feet up on a padded footstool.
(2) We will not be shopping at JL in the future which is a pity since we have long been faithful and loyal customers.” JP’s saga of the faulty footstools just went on and on.
(3) He has confirmed that he intends to join the body, but has not said whether he will kneel on a footstool or kiss the Queen’s hand as part of the process.
(4) Photograph: Murdo MacLeod Compared with the prime-time slots occupied by Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, which command greater ratings and resources, Corden’s throne is more a footstool.
(5) I have now received three faulty footstools from John Lewis since September and too many email exchanges and phone calls, dismantling and reassembling footstools, taking pictures of damaged footstools, waiting for footstools to be collected that are never collected.
(6) The examination is performed with the patient sitting on a radiolucent chair with the feet high on a footstool, in order to avoid the superimposition of the femoral heads in the lateral projection.
(7) Inside, amid the brightly coloured footstools and half-eaten packets of chocolate biscuits, there are 59 members of staff.
(8) The Labour leader has confirmed that he intends to join the body, but has not said whether he will kneel on a footstool or kiss the Queen’s hand as part of the process.
(9) Next week: a Leicestershire nurse gets a new footstool.
(10) I watched two films, I don’t know.’” Today he wears a tight T-shirt and jeans, looks fit and healthy, though his back’s a bit dicky (hence the footstool).