Assessment of Wheelchair Drag Resistance Using a Coasting Deceleration Technique

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 880-889

  Hoffman, Martin D ^a,e   Millet, Guillaume Y ^b   Hoch, Anne Z ^c   Candau, Robin B ^d  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy Metabolism; Locomotion; Oxygen Consumption; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIRS;

AERODYNAMIC RESISTANCE;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COASTING DECELERATION METHOD; DECELERATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WEIGHT; WHEELCHAIR;

DECELERATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0142151040     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000091980.91666.58     Document Type: Article

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