Steering-by-leaning facilitates intuitive movement control and improved efficiency in manual wheelchairs
Abstract Background Manual wheelchair propulsion is widely accepted to be biomechanically inefficient, with a high prevalence of shoulder pain and injuries among users. Directional control during wheelchair movement is a major, yet largely overlooked source of energy loss: changing direction or main...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01265-x |