Evaluation of Pushrim-Activated Power-Assisted Wheelchairs Using ANSI/RESNA Standards

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1191-1198

  Karmarkar, Amol ^a,b   Cooper, Rory A ^a,c,d   Liu, Hsin yi ^a,b   Connor, Sam ^a   Puhlman, Jeremy ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Quality assurance, health care; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODEL; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; PUSHRIM ACTIVATED POWER ASSISTED WHEELCHAIR; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; VELOCITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 43949120427     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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