Study measured and compared shoulder joint forces and moments during manual wheelchair propulsion at a slow and a moderate speed. A motion analysis system captured movements of the upper limbs and the SmartWheel system simultaneously recorded pushrim kinetics as 27 individuals propelled their wheelchairs at 2 constant speeds: 0.9m/s ...
University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury
Study compared torque data obtained with a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair (PAPAW) to that of traditional manual wheelchair propulsion among subjects with spinal cord injury. The PAPAW is a hybrid between a manual wheelchair and an electric-powered wheelchair and its shared control system must account for human behavior and user ...
University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury