Energy cost and locomotor performance of the low-cost arm-lever-propelled three-wheeled chair

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-249

  Mukherjee, G ^a   Samanta, A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Arm lever; Energy metabolism; Oxygen consumption; Propelled three wheeled chair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENERGY COST; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0034870358     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200109000-00012     Document Type: Article

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