Influence of task complexity on mechanical efficiency and propulsion technique during learning of hand rim wheelchair propulsion

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-49

  De Groot, S ^a,c   Veeger, H E J ^a,b   Hollander, A P ^a   Van Der Woude, L H V ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Force application; Gross mechanical efficiency; Timing

Indexed keywords

LEARNING PROCESSES; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; TASK COMPLEXITY; WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROPULSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; WHEELCHAIR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 10444267257     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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