Durability, value, and reliability of selected electric powered wheelchairs

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 805-814

  Fass, Megan V ^a,c   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,c   Schmeler, Mark ^a,c   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c   Algood, S David ^a,c   Ammer, William A ^a,c   Rentschler, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Duncan, John ^c  

^a Dept of Rehab Sci and Technology ^*  (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Life cycle; Reference standards; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHEELCHAIR; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; STANDARD;

ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 2942683062     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.08.096     Document Type: Article

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