Authors
Shirley G Fitzgerald, Rory A Cooper, Michael L Boninger, Andrew J Rentschler
Publication date
2001/10/1
Journal
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Volume
82
Issue
10
Pages
1484-1488
Publisher
WB Saunders
Description
Fitzgerald SG, Cooper RA, Boninger ML, Rentschler AJ. Comparison of fatigue life for 3 types of manual wheelchairs. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001;82:1484-8.
Objectives
To examine 3 types of manual wheelchairs[mdash ]ultralight wheelchairs (UWs), lightweight wheelchairs (LWs), and depot wheelchairs (DWs)[mdash ]and to compare the fatigue life between the wheelchair types.
Design
A database of different manual wheelchairs tested according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Fatigue life was determined by using standards that define methods accepted internationally using double-drum and curb-drop testing equipment.
Setting
A rehabilitation engineering center.
Specimens
Sixty-one manual wheelchairs: 25 DWs, 22 UWs, and 14 LWs.
Main Outcome Measures
Wheelchairs were examined for differences in fatigue life based on equivalent cycles. Unique survival curves were fit and …
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SG Fitzgerald, RA Cooper, ML Boninger, AJ Rentschler - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2001