Vibration exposure of individuals using wheelchairs over sidewalk surfaces

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1443-1449

  Wolf, Erik ^c,d   Pearlman, Jonathan ^c,d   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c,d   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,b,d   Kelleher, Annmarie ^a,d   Collins, Diane M ^a,d   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c,d   Cooper, Rosemarie ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessible surface; Injury; Sidewalks

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SITTING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; WHEELCHAIR; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; VIBRATION; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 31744435065     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500264709     Document Type: Article

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