Effect of rear suspension and speed on seat forces and head accelerations experienced by manual wheelchair riders with spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 985-996

  Requejo, Philip S ^a   Kerdanyan, Grigor ^a   Minkel, Jean ^b   Adkins, Rodney ^a   Waters, Robert ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b Minkel Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Force; Human vibration; Mobility; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Suspension system; Trunk control; Wheelchair; Whole body vibrations

Indexed keywords

FORCE; HUMAN VIBRATION; MOBILITY; REHABILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUSPENSION SYSTEM; TRUNK CONTROL; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS;

ACCELERATION; DOSIMETRY; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPEED; WHEELCHAIRS;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HEAD; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VELOCITY; VIBRATION; WHEELCHAIR; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIBRATION; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 65549137223     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.01.0006     Document Type: Article

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