Determination of the normal and maximum reach measures of adult wheelchair users

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-213

  Kozey, John W ^a   Das, Biman ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional anthropometry; Reach; Wheelchair users and workstation design

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

MAXIMUM REACH ENVELOP (MRE);

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEELCHAIR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1042289328     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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