A unified method for calculating the center of pressure during wheelchair propulsion

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 328-336

  Vansickle, David P ^a,b,d   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c,d   Boninger, Michael L ^a,c,d   Robertson, Rick N ^a,c,d   Shimada, Sean D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Generalized center of pressure; Kinematics; Kinetics; Rehabilitation; SMARTWheel

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VECTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

GENERALIZED CENTER OF PRESSURE (GCOP);

BIOMECHANICS;

ARM; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0032033119     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.80     Document Type: Article

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