Standardization of measuring power output during wheelchair propulsion on a treadmill. Pitfalls in a multi-center study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 604-612

  de Groot, S ^a,b   Zuidgeest, M ^b   van der Woude, L H V ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Power output; Treadmill; Wheelchair drag test

Indexed keywords

BELTS; DRAG; TRANSDUCERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

POWER OUTPUT; TREADMILL; WHEELCHAIR DRAG TEST;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FORCE TRANSDUCER; FUNCTION TEST; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POWER ANALYSIS; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIR; WORK CAPACITY;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33646344199     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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