Hand rim configuration: Effects on physical strain and technique in unimpaired subjects?

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 765-774

  Van Der Woude, L H V ^a,b   Formanoy, M ^a   De Groot, S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Force production; Hand rim; Non wheelchair users; Physical strain

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ERGONOMICS; FOAMS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN; WHEELCHAIRS;

HAND RIM; WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE TEST; FOAM; FORCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHEELCHAIR; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HAND; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 2642542727     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(03)00102-4     Document Type: Article

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