Hand supports to assist toilet use among the elderly

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-118

  Dekker, Dries ^a   Buzink, Sonja N ^a   Molenbroek, Johan F M ^a   de Bruin, Renate ^a  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Support; Toilet

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

ELDERLY; FRIENDLY REST ROOM (FRR) PROJECT; SUPPORT; TOILET;

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POSITION; SANITATION; SITTING; STANDING; TOILET HAND SUPPORT;

EID: 33747139355     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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