Handcycle
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A handcycle is a type of human-powered land vehicle powered by the arms rather than the legs, as on a bicycle. Most handcycles are tricycle in form, with two coasting rear wheels and one steerable pow
Handcycle with high stance and upright riding position
Handcycle with low stance and recumbent riding position
Farffler's carriage of 1655
Off-road handcycle
Wheelchair
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A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using two or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illnesses, injury, disabilit
Handcycle
…Some designs use two front wheels and a single rear wheel, while others use lean-steer designs. A handcycle is not a wheelchair; a handcycle has a crank and gears, while a wheelchair has push-rims directly on the main wheels. Handcycles come in a variety of styles, making them…
A disabled man sitting in a wheelchair
Depiction of Chinese philosopher Confucius in a wheelchair, dating to c. 1680
Nicolas Grollier de Servière (1596–1689) wheelchair in his Cabinet of curiosities
Amputee in a 19th-century wheelchair