Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2080-2085 , November 2008

Power-Assisted Wheels Ease Energy Costs and Perceptual Responses to Wheelchair Propulsion in Persons With Shoulder Pain and Spinal Cord Injury

  • Mark S. Nash, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
    • Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Mark S. Nash, PhD, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Lois Pope Life Center, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, R-48, Miami, FL, 33136
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  • Daan Koppens, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Mirjam van Haaren, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Andrew L. Sherman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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  • James P. Lippiatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Jackson Memorial Rehabilitation Center, Miami, FL
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  • John E. Lewis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL

  • Image Result

    A study participant prepared for metabolic monitoring with the wheelchair secured on stationary rollers and a PAPAW mounted on the wheelchair.

    A study participant prepared for metabolic monitoring with the wheelchair secured on stationary rollers and a PAPAW mounted on the wheelchair.

 Supported by the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00801-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.018

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2080-2085 , November 2008

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