Wheelchair Tuning Part XVI

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When I was at the last rehab fair I have tested an assumed new wheelchair drive. It is called

NuDrive

and is basically not a bad idea. For para- or quadriplegics like me without abdominal muscles and a disposition to fall forward out of the wheelchair it might not be suitable.

By pulling on two handles the driving wheels are turned independently from each other, and by pushing the brakes are applied. Unfortunately these things only have one gear so that you only get faster if you are “paddling” faster.

Even if I wouldn’t purchase this drive, it makes driving considerably easier if you don’t have much power. I like it that it has been thought about us quadriplegics as well with wristbands.

Somehow I think to have seen something similar on age-old wheelchairs…

Translator BL

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2 Responses to “Wheelchair Tuning Part XVI”

  1. Florian K. says:

    Hi, coolen Blog haben Sie!
    Dieses System (Nu-Drive) ist echt cool. ein Freund von mir hat das auch, und er liebt es, da es das einzige ist, mit dem er weiter kommt. (Aussgenommen E-Rolli -> hat er aber nicht)

  2. Rollinator says:

    Eigude Florian,

    danke fĂĽr die Blumen.
    Ned so förmlich ;-)
    Mach, wenn Dein Freund einverstanden ist, doch einmal ein paar Fotos vom NU-Drive im Outdooreinsatz.
    Am besten mit ein paar Zeilen…
    Ich setze sie dann mit auf den Blog. rollinator@eigude.de

    GrĂĽĂźe aus der Ă„ppelwoihauptstadt Frankfurt am Main.

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