Manual wheelchair pushrim biomechanics and axle position

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 608-613

  Boninger, Michael L ^a,e   Baldwin, Mark ^c   Cooper, Rory A ^a   Koontz, Alicia ^b   Chan, Leighton ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Div of Phys Med and Rehab   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Rehabilitation; Wheelchair user

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAPLEGIA; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0034020181     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/mr.2000.1455     Document Type: Article

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