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2. Mobility scooter - Wikipedia

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   Disability Essex told the Committee about four deaths resulting from mobility scooter accidents in one year in Essex alone. Still, there is little evidence to suggest that fatalities on this scale are replicated nationwide. [5] In Canada, mobility scooter users are classified as pedestrians and thus may legally use sidewalks for travel. This ...

3. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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   An industrial weighing scale is a device that measures the weight or mass of objects in various industries. It can range from small bench scales to large weighbridges, and it can have different features and capacities. Industrial weighing scales are used for quality control, inventory management, and trade purposes.

4. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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   Human body weight is a person's mass or weight. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales .

5. Patient lift - Wikipedia

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   A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, Hoyer lift, or hydraulic lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift.This is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing homes and people receiving home health care to be transferred between a bed and a chair or other similar resting places, by the use of electrical or hydraulic power.

6. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   League - the distance a person can walk in an hour (by one definition) Orgyia - Ancient Greek fathom; Parasang - the distance an infantryman could march in a predefined period of time; Pygmē - distance from elbow to base of fingers; Sazhen - Russian fathom; Shaftment - width of the fist and outstretched thumb

7. Schwab and England ADL scale - Wikipedia

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   The Schwab and England ADL (Activities of Daily Living) scale is a method of assessing the capabilities of people with impaired mobility. The scale uses percentages to represent how much effort and dependence on others people need to complete daily chores. The rating may be given by a professional or by the person being tested.