Kinematics of the wrist, elbow and shoulder during manual wheelchair maneuvers

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2573-2576

  Lam, W N ^a   Mak, A F T ^a   Tam, W C ^a   Cooper, R A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Upper extremities; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; WHEELCHAIRS;

JOINT KINEMATICS; MANUAL WHEELCHAIR MANEUVERS; UPPER EXTREMITIES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036911620     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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