Evaluation of manual wheelchair performance in everyday life

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Van Der Woude, Lucas ^a   De Groot, Sonja ^a,c   Van Drongelen, Stefan ^b   Janssen, Thomas ^c,d   Haisma, Janneke ^e   Valent, Linda ^f   Veeger, Dirkjan ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^f Heliomare Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Mechanical stress; Motor skills; Physical activity; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs; Work capacity evaluation

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKILL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 70349679141     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1502-1     Document Type: Review

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