The Effect of Wheelchair Handrim Tube Diameter on Propulsion Efficiency and Force Application (Tube Diameter and Efficiency in Wheelchairs)

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 123-132

  van der Linden, Marietta L ^a   Valent, Linda ^a   Veeger, H E J ^a   van der Woude, Luc H V ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; WHEELCHAIRS; WORKLOAD;

BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPULSION; TORQUE;

HANDRIM TUBE DIAMETER; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; WHEELCHAIR ERGOMETER;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0029761608     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.536767     Document Type: Article

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