Electric powered wheelchairs for those with muscular dystrophy: Problems of posture, pain and deformity

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-188

  Richardson, Marion ^a   Frank, Andrew O ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformity; Muscular dystrophy; Pain; Posture; Powered wheelchairs; Specialised seating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650233951     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17483100802543114     Document Type: Article

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