Biomechanical assessment of sitting pivot transfer tasks using a newly developed instrumented transfer system among long-term wheelchair users

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1104-1110

  Gagnon, Dany ^a,b   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Desjardins, Pierre ^a,b   Noreau, Luc ^c,d  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Kinetics; Shoulder; Spinal cord injury; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITION MEASUREMENT; WHEELCHAIRS;

SPINAL CORD INJURY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; DYNAMICS; ELBOW; FOOT; FORCE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JOINT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHEELCHAIR;

BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 40249108435     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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