Optimization of power wheelchair control for patients with severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 297-300

  Pellegrini, Nadine ^a   Guillon, Bruno ^a   Prigent, Hélène ^a   Pellegrini, Michel ^a   Orlikovski, David ^a   Raphael, Jean Claude ^a   Lofaso, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Home mechanical ventilation; Joystick; Neuromuscular disorder; Self sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FINGER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHEELCHAIR; WRIST;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHEELCHAIRS; WRIST;

EID: 1942521791     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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