ancient
According to the oldest wheelchair record in China, archaeologists found wheelchair patterns in the depiction of sarcophagus around 1600 BC.
The earliest record in Europe is the medieval unicycle (which needs to be pushed by others, which is closer to the contemporary nursing wheelchair)
The earliest record in the history of wheelchair is the sculpture of wheeled chair on the sarcophagus of the northern and Southern Dynasties (yuan 525), which is the predecessor of modern wheelchair.
In the 16th century, during the Renaissance, King Philip II of Spain suffered a stroke and sat in a wooden wheelchair.
modern
Around the 18th century, wheelchairs with a design close to modern appearance appeared. It consists of two large wooden front wheels and a small rear wheel, with an armchair in the middle.
Progress brought about by war
Light cane wheelchairs with metal wheels appeared in the American Civil War.
After the first World War, the injured and the wheelchair used by the injured in the United States weighed about 50 pounds. In Britain, a hand-operated three wheel wheelchair was developed, and soon the power drive was added.
Folding wheelchair
In 1932, a paraplegic named Herbert Everest and his friend Henry J invented the first modern folding wheelchair and established E & J company. At that time, E & J's wheelchair frame was composed of aviation metal tubes and canvas seats.
With sports
In the late second world war, the United States began to distribute a large number of E & J wheelchairs made of 18 inch chromium steel to wounded soldiers. At the time of fashion, no one thought that the size of wheelchair needed to vary from person to person.
After World War II, sir s l Guttmann of Britain began to use wheelchair movement as a rehabilitation tool and achieved good results in his hospital. Inspired by this, he held the British disabled veterans' games in 1948. It became an international event in 1952.
Sports competition
In 1960, the first Paralympic Games was held in the same place as the Roman Olympic Games.
In the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, the term "Paralympic Games" appeared for the first time.
In 1975, Bob hall became the first person to complete a marathon in a wheelchair.
With the needs of competition, the design of wheelchair has developed in the direction of emphasizing its functionality, comfort, durability and cool appearance.