Evaluation of wheelchair sling seat and sling back crashworthiness

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-448

  Ha, D ^a   Bertocci, G ^a   Karg, P ^a   Deemer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Wheelchair crashworthiness; Wheelchair safety; Wheelchair seating; Wheelchair testing; Wheelchair transportation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; SEATS; SLINGS;

CRASH LOADING;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIMULATION; WEIGHT BEARING; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0036064902     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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