Stroke pattern classification during manual wheelchair propulsion in the elderly using fuzzy clustering

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2438-2445

  Aissaoui, Rachid ^a,b,c   Desroches, Guillaume ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D kinematics; Biomechanics; Efficiency; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROPULSION; WHEELCHAIRS;

CENTER OF MASS (COM); GEOMETRIC MAPPING; MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS; PATTERN CLASSIFICATIONS; REHABILITATION (CONSTRUCTION); WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION;

FUZZY CLUSTERING;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORCE; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; HAND; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WHEELCHAIR;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 48349127072     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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