Pelvic movement and interface pressure distribution during manual wheelchair propulsion

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1466-1472

  Tam, Eric W ^a   Mak, Arthur F ^a   Lam, Wai Nga ^a   Evans, John H ^b   Chow, York Y ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Pressure; Pressure ulcers; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ERGOMETRY; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; LABORATORY; LOCOMOTION; MOTION; PELVIS; PRESSURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STUDENT T TEST; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0141997847     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00269-7     Document Type: Article

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