Evaluation of Wheelchair Cushions by Means of Pressure Distribution Mapping

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 245-254

  Takechi, Hirosuke ^a   Tokuhiro, Akihiro ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paraplegia; Pressure distribution; Wheelchair cushion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; THORAX; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORAX; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0032176118     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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