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Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Volume 13, 2018 - Issue 8
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Original Research

Learning to use a rear-mounted power assist for manual wheelchairs

Bonita SawatzkyDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ;International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine and VCH Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada;
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W. Ben MortensonInternational Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine and VCH Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada; ;Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ;Rehabilitation Research Program, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
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Stephanie WongFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Pages 772-776 | Received 17 Aug 2017, Accepted 31 Aug 2017, Published online: 18 Sep 2017

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Elliott W. Flockhart, William C. Miller, Jory A. Campbell, Johanne L. Mattie & Jaimie F. Borisoff. (2023) Evaluation of two power assist systems for manual wheelchairs for usability, performance and mobility: a pilot study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 18:8, pages 1290-1302.
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Mahsa Khalili, Angela Eugenio, Allison Wood, Machiel Van der Loos, W. Ben Mortenson & Jaimie Borisoff. (2023) Perceptions of power-assist devices: interviews with manual wheelchair users. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 18:5, pages 693-703.
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Didier Pradon, Elodie Garrec, Isabelle Vaugier, Thierry Weissland & Caroline Hugeron. (2022) Effect of power-assistance on upper limb biomechanical and physiological variables during a 6-minute, manual wheelchair propulsion test: a randomised, cross-over study. Disability and Rehabilitation 44:22, pages 6783-6787.
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Emelie Butler Forslund & Inka Löfvenmark. (2022) Effects of the SmartDrive on mobility, activity, and shoulder pain among manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury – a prospective long-term cohort pilot study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-10.
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