Design History and Advantages of a New Lever-Propelled Wheelchair Prototype

Wheelchair propulsion has been reported to be responsible for musculoskeletal pain in the upper extremities. Epidemiological studies have shown a high prevalence of shoulder complaints in paraplegic and quadriplegic spinal cord injured (SCI) people. It has been argued that the high incidence of shou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmad Rifai Sarraj, Raphael Massarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-08-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/10669