An ergonomic wheelchair for hemiplegics

Technology and Disability

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 183-189

  Lesley, Samuel ^a   Porter, Lucy Abi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHAIR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0036455955     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2002-14406     Document Type: Article

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