Three dimensional upper extremity motion during manual wheelchair propulsion in men with different levels of spinal cord injury

Gait and Posture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-232

  Newsam, Craig J ^a   Rao, Sreesha S ^a   Mulroy, Sara J ^a   Gronley, Joanne K ^a   Bontrager, Ernest L ^a   Perry, Jacquelin ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia; Wheelchair propulsion

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRUNK; WHEELCHAIR; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; ERGOMETRY; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRONATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0032693392     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(99)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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