Horizontal transfers between adjacent surfaces: Forces required using different methods

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 851-853

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0033064982     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90238-1     Document Type: Article

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