. Propulsion styles that are characterized by high stresses may influence the susceptibility of manual wheelchair users (MWCU) to upper limb injury. An experimental, crosssectional study was designed to compare physiological and biomechanical characteristics of wheelchair propulsion in two groups of MWCU—a trunk flexion propulsion style group (FG) and a non-trunk flexion propulsion style group ...

1,2 Ursina Arnet, 1,2 Stefan van Drongelen, 3 Luc van der Woude and 2, 4 DirkJan Veeger 1 Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland, 2 Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3 Center for Human Movement Sciences, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 4 Department...

This paper evaluates power transfer or shifting across upper-limb segments, resulting from fatigue-inducing wheelchair propulsion. Nineteen manual wheelchair users (WCUs) and ten nonwheelchair users (NUs) participated in this study. Subjects propelled an instrumented wheelchair ergometer at a workload corresponding to 75% of the peak oxygen uptake attained during a maximal-graded exercise toler...