Evaluation of wheelchair drop seat crashworthiness

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 249-257

  Bertocci, Gina ^a   Ha, Dongran ^a   Van Roosmalen, Linda ^a   Karg, Patricia ^a   Deemer, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Wheelchair crashworthiness; Wheelchair injury; Wheelchair safety; Wheelchair standards; Wheelchair testing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; SEATS; WHEELCHAIRS;

WHEELCHAIR DROP SEATS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

METAL; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEAT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING; WHEELCHAIR; WOOD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0034990631     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(00)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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