Chair design affects how older adults rise from a chair

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 356-362

  Alexander, Neil B ^a,b,c   Koester, Daniel J ^b   Grunawalt, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NECK; SELF REPORT; SITTING;

EID: 0030008066     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb06402.x     Document Type: Article

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