Doorway designs which allow easy wheelchair access for people with spinal cord injuries.
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Wheelchair research and development for people with spinal cord injury.
The new developments in wheelchairs affecting people with spinal cord injuries never cease to amaze me . After over 17 years of trying to develop better wheelchairs and making the assessment and procurement process more consumer responsive, we seem to continue to be faced with a constant flow of new issues. I do not mean to imply that there has been no progress. Tremendous advances have been ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese journal of ergonomics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0549-4974,1884-2844
DOI: 10.5100/jje.32.215