Effect of fore-aft seat position on shoulder demands during wheelchair propulsion: Part 1. A kinetic analysis

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 214-221

  Mulroy, Sara J ^a   Newsam, Craig J ^a   Gutierrez, Dee D ^a   Requejo, Philip ^a   Gronley, JoAnne K ^a   Haubert, Lisa Lighthall ^a   Perry, Jacquelin ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Shoulder; Shoulder pain; Spinal cord injury; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; SEAT; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING; WHEELCHAIR; ACCELERATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 23844537872     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2005.11753815     Document Type: Article

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