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Comparison of wheelchair wheels in terms of vibration and spasticity in people with spinal cord inju...

Comparison of wheelchair wheels in terms of vibration and spasticity in people with spinal cord inju...

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Comparison of wheelchair wheels in terms of vibration and spasticity in people with spinal cord injury

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Full title

Comparison of wheelchair wheels in terms of vibration and spasticity in people with spinal cord injury

Publisher

United States: Department of Veterans Affairs

Journal title

Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 2008-01, Vol.45 (9), p.1269-1279

Language

English

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United States: Department of Veterans Affairs

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Scope and Contents

Contents

A wheelchair undergoes vibrations while traveling over obstacles and uneven surfaces, resulting in whole body vibration of the person sitting in the wheelchair. According to clinicians, people with spinal cord injury (SCI) report that vibration evokes spasticity. The relatively new Spinergy wheelchair wheels (Spinergy, Inc; San Diego, California) a...

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Full title

Comparison of wheelchair wheels in terms of vibration and spasticity in people with spinal cord injury

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_771863034

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_771863034

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ISSN

0748-7711

E-ISSN

1938-1352

DOI

10.1682/JRRD.2007.09.0148

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