Wheelchairs

An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 129-156

  Koontz, Alicia M ^a   Pearlman, Jonathan L ^b   Impink, Brad G ^b   Cooper, Rory A ^b,c   Wilkinson, Matthew ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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