title: Albatros: an innovative low-cost wheelchair.
abstract: A low-cost, comfortable, attractive and ergonomically optimized wheelchair, aimed at the Third-World population, was designed and built. It was field tested and the prototype modified accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Bio-engineering, Tygerberg, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goslett
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Hoogstraten
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fourie
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D013019:South Africa; D014910:Wheelchairs