Model System:

SCI

Reference Type:

JA

Accession No.:

Journal:


J Rehabil Res Dev

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 44, 3, 449-458

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Abstract:

A multisite collaborative study is being conducted on the association between propulsion biomechanics and upper-limb injuries. This substudy compared subject characteristics and pushrim kinetics across three sites and identified early on in the main study any differences that could affect interpretation of the findings or data pooling. A total of 42 manual wheelchair users with paraplegia (14 from each site) performed 0.9 m/s and 1.8 m/s steady state propulsion trials and an acceleration-brake-coastdown trial on a wheelchair dynamometer while propulsion forces and moment about the hub were measured with a SmartWheel. Significant differences between two sites were found in peak and average resultant force (p

Author(s):


Koontz, A. M., Yang, Y., Price, R., Tolerico, M. L., Digiovine, C. P., Sisto, S. A., Cooper, R. A., Boninger, M. L.

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