• DocumentCode
    347217
  • Title

    Comparison of fatigue life for three types of manual wheelchairs

  • Author

    Fitzgerald, Shirley ; Cooper, Rory A. ; Rentschler, Andrew ; Boninger, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Rehabilitation Sci. & Technol., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Abstract
    This study examines three different types (depot, lightweight, ultralight) of manual wheelchairs that have been tested to fatigue according to ISO standards. Results indicate that ultralight wheelchairs were significantly better than lightweight and depot with regard to fatigue life
  • Keywords
    ISO standards; fatigue; handicapped aids; depot wheelchairs; fatigue life comparison; lightweight wheelchairs; manual wheelchairs; ultralight wheelchairs; Analysis of variance; Ergonomics; Fatigue; ISO standards; Laboratories; Manuals; Medical services; Medical tests; Testing; Wheelchairs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    [Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5674-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802684
  • Filename
    802684