Design Features That Affect the Maneuverability of Wheelchairs and Scooters

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-764

  Koontz, Alicia M ^a,b   Brindle, Eric D ^a,b   Kankipati, Padmaja ^a   Feathers, David ^c   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural accessibility; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ULTRALIGHT WHEELCHAIR; WALKING AID; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 77951518748     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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