Mechanical energy and power flow of the upper extremity in manual wheelchair propulsion

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-114

  Guo, Lan Yuen ^a,b   Su, Fong Chin ^a   Wu, Hong Wen ^c   An, Kai Nan ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Kinetics; Movement; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

MECHANICAL ENERGY;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FOREARM; GAIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK; VISION; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0037303899     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00177-8     Document Type: Article

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