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ISO 16840-1:2006

Wheelchair seating -- Part 1: Vocabulary, reference axis convention and measures for body segments, posture and postural support surfaces

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Valid from 30.03.2006
ICS Groups
01.040.11 Health care technology (Vocabularies) 11.180.10 Aids and adaptation for moving
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Standard history

Status
Date
Type
Name
30.03.2006
Main
ISO 16840-1:2006
ISO 16840-1:2006 applies to seating intended to provide postural support within a wheelchair. It specifies:
a global coordinate system that permits the determination and recording of a person's posture while seated in a wheelchair;  the standard terms and definitions for use in describing both the posture and the anthropometrics of a person seated in a wheelchair;the terms and definitions for describing the dimensions, location and orientation of seating support surfaces, which together comprise the body support system.
ISO 16840-1:2006 does not specify any methods for use in measuring a person's seated posture, nor does it define terms for dynamic physiological movements (such as flexion or extension).
ISO 16840-1:2006 might be applicable to seating other than that intended to be used within a wheelchair.

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