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Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Volume 13, 2018 - Issue 2
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Original Research

Detecting destabilizing wheelchair conditions for maintaining seated posture

Anna CrawfordMotion Study Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland, Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; ;Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Kiley ArmstrongMotion Study Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland, Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; ;Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; View further author information
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Kenneth LoparoDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; View further author information
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Musa AuduMotion Study Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland, Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; ;Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; ;Department of Veterans, Advanced Platform Technology Centre, Cleveland, OH, USAView further author information
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Ronald TrioloMotion Study Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland, Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; ;Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; ;Department of Veterans, Advanced Platform Technology Centre, Cleveland, OH, USAView further author information
Pages 178-185 | Received 11 Jul 2016, Accepted 23 Feb 2017, Published online: 01 Apr 2017

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