Influence of wheelchair front caster wheel on reverse directional stability

Assistive Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-104

  Guo, Songfeng ^a   Cooper, Rory A ^a   Corfman, Tom ^a   Ding, Dan ^a   Grindle, Garrett ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caster wheel orientation; Electric powered wheelchair; Motor back emf.; Wheelchair reverse directional stability

Indexed keywords

BACK-EMF; CASTER WHEELS; DIRECTIONAL STABILITY; ELECTRIC POWERED WHEELCHAIRS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR SPEED; TORQUE LOADS; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

STABILITY; TORQUE MOTORS; WHEELCHAIRS; WHEELS;

LOADING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTION; MOTOR VEHICLE; ROTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; WHEELCHAIR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTION; MOTOR VEHICLES; ROTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 3042577868     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2003.10131893     Document Type: Article

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