Seat and footrest shocks and vibrations in manual wheelchairs with and without suspension

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-102

  Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c   Wolf, Erik ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,c   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c   Ulerich, Rhys ^c   Ammer, William A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma disorders; Rehabilitation; Vibration; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; MECHANICS; SEAT; VIBRATION; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0037229505     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2003.50069     Document Type: Article

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