SMART Wheels: Development and Testing of a System for Measuring Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Dynamics

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1320-1324

  Asato, Kimberly T ^a   Cooper, Rory A ^a   Robertson, Rick N ^a   Ster, J F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; KINETIC THEORY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DYNAMOMETERS; PROPULSION FORCE SENSING; TORQUE SENSING; VIDEO ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIR PUSHRIM;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ADULT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WHEELCHAIR; ARTICLE; STATISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; LIMB AMPUTATION; PARAPLEGIA; POLIOMYELITIS; REHABILITATION; TORQUE; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0027786757     PISSN: 0018-9294     EISSN: 1558-2531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.250587     Document Type: Article

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