Computer simulation and sled test validation of a powerbase wheelchair and occupant subjected to frontal crash conditions

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-244

  Bertocci, G E ^a   Szobota, S ^a   Hobson, D A ^a   Digges, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Wheelchair crash safety; Wheelchair crash simulation; Wheelchair standards; Wheelchair transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS; SEATS; STANDARDS;

POWERBASE REHABILITATION; SLED TEST VALIDATION; WHEELCHAIR CRASH SAFETY; WHEELCHAIR CRASH SIMULATION; WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; KINETICS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0033045954     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.769414     Document Type: Article

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