'Smart' wheelchairs for mobility training

Technology and Disability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-62

  Nisbet, Paul ^a   Craig, John ^a   Odor, Phil ^a   Aitken, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentative mobility; Powered wheelchairs; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0030002567     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-1996-5107     Document Type: Article

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