Seat interface pressures of individuals with paraplegia: Influence of dynamic wheelchair locomotion compared with static seated measurements

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-316

  Kernozek, Thomas W ^a   Lewin, Jeff E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE; SEAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0031968430     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90012-0     Document Type: Article

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