Comparison of peak shoulder and elbow mechanical loads during weight-relief lifts and sitting pivot transfers among manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 863-874

  Gagnon, Dany ^a,b   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Noreau, Luc ^c,d   Dehail, Patrick ^a,b   Piotte, France ^a,b  

^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

Activities of daily living; Force; Kinetics; Moment; Paralysis; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Task performance and analysis; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FORCE; MOMENT; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; REHABILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER LIMB;

BIOMECHANICS; DOSIMETRY; ELEVATORS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT REHABILITATION; WHEELCHAIRS;

SHOULDERS (ROAD);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WEIGHT LIFTING; WHEELCHAIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; SHOULDER JOINT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 63249125069     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.11.0189     Document Type: Article

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