Tips and Falls during Electric-Powered Wheelchair Driving: Effects of Seatbelt Use, Legrests, and Driving Speed

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1797-1802

  Corfman, Thomas A ^a,b   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,b   Cooper, Rosemarie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Rehabilitation; Safety; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTRICITY; FALLING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0345097602     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00467-2     Document Type: Article

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