Hand-Cycling: An Active Form of Wheeled Mobility, Recreation, and Sports

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-140

  Hettinga, F J ^a   Valent, L ^b   Groen, W ^c   van Drongelen, S ^d   de Groot, S ^a,e   van der Woude, L H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Heliomare Rehabilitation Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e Rehabilitation Centre Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical performance; Mobility; Optimal performance; Paralympics; Power balance; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CYCLING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYNAMICS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LIPID OXIDATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRESS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; WHEELCHAIR SPORT;

EID: 70849135415     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2009.07.010     Document Type: Review

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