A wheelchair modified for leg propulsion using voluntary activity or elecrical stimulation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-19

  Stein, R B ^a   Roetenberg, D ^a   Chong, S L ^a   James, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Mobility; Model; Optimization; Spinal cord injury; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; WHEELCHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOT; HAMSTRING; LEG MOVEMENT; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOLITION; WHEELCHAIRS;

GEARS; MUSCLE; PROPULSION; STIFFNESS;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0037213676     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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