Evaluation of a Manual Wheelchair Interface to Computer Games

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-31

  O'connor, Thomas J ^a,b   Cooper, Rory A ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,b   Dvorznak, Michael J ^a,b,c   Boninger, Michael L ^a   Vansickle, David P ^b   Glass, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; Design; Exercise; Fitness; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECREATION; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0033945048     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596830001400103     Document Type: Article

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