New design and development of a manual wheelchair for India

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 949-962

  Zipfel, Emily ^a,d   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c,d   Pearlman, Jon ^a,d   Cooper, Rosemarie ^a,b,d   McCartney, Mark ^a,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

Assistive technology; India; Wheelchair design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HARDNESS; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WHEELCHAIR; WORKSHOP;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNITED STATES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34347206394     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701240672     Document Type: Article

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