Mechanical efficiency and user power requirement with a pushrim activated power assisted wheelchair

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 699-705

  Arva, Julianna ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,b,c   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c,d   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^d University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Human machine power; Mechanical power; Metabolic energy; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; POWER GENERATION; PROPULSION;

MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRENGTH; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0035697863     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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