The development and preliminary evaluation of a training device for wheelchair users: The GAMEWheels system

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 129-139

  Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,b   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b   Zipfel, Emily ^a,b   Spaeth, Donald M ^a,b   Puhlman, Jeremy ^a,b   Kelleher, Annmarie ^a,b   Cooper, Rosemarie ^a,b   Guo, Songfeng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; product evaluation; wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; WHEELCHAIR;

ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 64549155740     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500167639     Document Type: Article

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