Model System:

SCI

Reference Type:

JA

Accession No.:

J58227

Journal:


Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 46, 7, 931-938

Publication Website:

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to compare the rolling resistance of four common manual wheelchair tires (two pneumatic and two airless solid) and the solid tires used on a commercially available force- and moment-sensing wheel. Coast-down tests were performed with a wheelchair positioned on a two-drum dynamometer. Within each of three load conditions, tire type had a significant effect on rolling resistance (p

Author(s):


Kwarciak A.M., Yarossi M., Ramanujam A., Dyson-Hudson T.A., Sisto S.A.