Kinematics of the elbow during wheelchair propulsion: A comparison of two wheelchairs and two stroking techniques

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1204-1210

  Rudins, Andrew ^a   Laskowski, Edward R ^a   Growney, Eric S ^a   Cahalan, Thomas D ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNIQUE; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0030829255     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90333-6     Document Type: Article

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