Wheelchair tie-downs: Ideal features and existing products

Technology and Disability

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-178

  Stone, Vathsala I ^a   Bauer, Stephen M ^a   Lane, Joseph P ^a   Usiak, Douglas J ^a   Khan, Zafar ^a   Prabhu, Chetan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Benchmark; Criteria; Disability; End user; Focus group; Market analysis; Product evaluation; QFD; Survey; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0031858136     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-1998-8309     Document Type: Article

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