Stability of a Wheelchair Controlled by a Human Pilot

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 193-206

  Cooper, Rory A ^a  

^a Department of Physical Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTROL; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PERFORMANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; SYSTEM STABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS; WHEELS;

DYNAMIC STABILITY ANALYSIS; HUMAN CONTROL; HUMAN PILOT; PATH CHANGES AND DISTURBANCES; PILOT ANTHROPOMETRY; ROADWAY; WHEELCHAIR DESIGN FACTORS; WHEELCHAIR/PILOT SYSTEMS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0027710629     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.285732     Document Type: Article

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