Download Four wheel chairs
Four-wheel wheelchairs are generally more suited for active use in urban environments,
rehabilitation centres or hospitals. They can have features like folding backrests,
folding frames or quick release wheels for ease of transportation by bus,
train or car. However many wheelchair sports are also played using modified
four-wheel wheelchairs.
Motivation have designed and produced four-wheel wheelchairs for local production
in Bangladesh, Poland, Romania, Albania, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri
Lanka. They are taught on the Wheelchair Technologists Training Course at
TATCOT in Tanzania and the Worldmade
Active Folding wheelchair in also a four-wheel design that is being trialled
for use across the developing world.