Gebhard Hofstetter
Sunrise Medical Inc.

Objectives: Suggest an appropriate product offering principle (platform technology) to support the product selection and the assessment process.

Principle: Analyse the average EU power chair assessment process principle by taking the STEPS (SUNRISE training and education programs) power wheelchair assessment courses into consideration. Create a product design requirement principle to support the power wheelchair assessment and adaptation process.

Material used: Accredited STEPS training material for the clinical assessment of clients who have qualified for a power wheelchair

Outcome: Definition of a Concept structure for power wheelchairs.

Keywords: Power Wheelchair, Assessment and Platform Technology