Musculoskeletal pain due to wheelchair use: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Liampas, P Neophytou, M Sokratous, G Varrassi… - Pain and therapy, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Wheelchair users are at a high risk of experiencing non-neuropathic pain of
musculoskeletal origin as a result of being wheelchair-bound. The aim of this systematic …

Evaluation of the bilateral symmetry assumption in manual wheelchair propulsion: a systematic review of literature in daily-life and sports contexts

L Rum, V Goosey-Tolfrey, R Vegter… - American Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
This systematic review aimed to 1) verify bilateral symmetry assumption in manual
wheelchair (MWC) propulsion in daily-life and sports, and its relationship with injury risk and …

Predictors of shoulder pain in manual wheelchair users

SL Walford, PS Requejo, SJ Mulroy, RR Neptune - Clinical Biomechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Manual wheelchair users rely on their upper limbs to provide independent
mobility, which leads to high muscular demand on their upper extremities and often results …

The relationship between independent transfer skills and upper limb kinetics in wheelchair users

CY Tsai, NS Hogaboom, ML Boninger… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Transfers are one of the most physically demanding wheelchair activities. The purpose of
this study was to determine if using proper transfer skills as measured by the Transfer …

Effects of variable practice on the motor learning outcomes in manual wheelchair propulsion

MT Leving, RJK Vegter, S De Groot… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2016 - Springer
Background Handrim wheelchair propulsion is a cyclic skill that needs to be learned during
rehabilitation. It has been suggested that more variability in propulsion technique benefits …

Shoulder pain is associated with rate of rise and jerk of the applied forces during wheelchair propulsion in individuals with paraplegic spinal cord injury

BJH Beirens, FM Bossuyt, U Arnet… - Archives of Physical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the association between propulsion biomechanics, including
variables that describe smoothness of the applied forces, and shoulder pain in individuals …

The longitudinal relationship between shoulder pain and altered wheelchair propulsion biomechanics of manual wheelchair users

SJ Briley, RJK Vegter, VL Goosey-Tolfrey… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association between within-
subject changes in shoulder pain and alterations in wheelchair propulsion biomechanics in …

Scapular kinematic variability during wheelchair propulsion is associated with shoulder pain in wheelchair users

SJ Briley, RJK Vegter, VL Goosey-Tolfrey… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether wheelchair propulsion biomechanics
differ between individuals with different magnitudes of shoulder pain. Forty (age 36±11 …

Variability in wheelchair propulsion: a new window into an old problem

JJ Sosnoff, IM Rice, ET Hsiao-Wecksler… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Manual wheelchair users are at great risk for the development of upper extremity injury and
pain. Any loss of upper limb function due to pain adversely impacts the independence and …

Shoulder pain and jerk during recovery phase of manual wheelchair propulsion

C Jayaraman, CL Beck, JJ Sosnoff - Journal of biomechanics, 2015 - Elsevier
Repetitive loading of the upper limb due to wheelchair propulsion plays a leading role in the
development of shoulder pain in manual wheelchair users (mWCUs). There has been …