Traversing step obstacles with manual wheelchairs

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 327-341

  Petzäll, Jan ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Public transport; Step obstacles; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; WHEELCHAIRS;

PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM; STEP OBSTACLES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; EXPERIENCE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANICS; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0030271330     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(96)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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