Biomechanical analysis of legrest support of occupied wheelchairs: Comparison between a conventional and a compensatory legrest

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 140-148

  Aissaoui, Rachid ^a,b,c   Heydar, Sadeghi ^d,e   Dansereau, Jean ^b   Lacoste, Michèle ^b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compensatory legrest; Posture; Pressure distribution; Seating; Three dimensional (3 D) kinematics; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

LEGREST SUPPORT; POSTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEATING FOR DISABLED PERSONS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; WHEELCHAIR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LEG; POSTURE; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; ROTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0034058926     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.830958     Document Type: Article

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