Perception of spatial requirements for wheelchair locomotion in experienced users with tetraplegia

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Higuchi, Takahiro ^a   Hatano, Nao ^b   Soma, Koichi ^b   Imanaka, Kuniyasu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Perception and action; Psychophysics; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPACE PERCEPTION; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749089635     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.28.15     Document Type: Article

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