Abstract According to the World Health Organization, 15% of the world's population lived
with some form of disability in 2011 and, nowadays, more than one billion people worldwide …

Manual wheelchair propulsion places considerable physical demand on the upper extremity
and is one of the primary activities associated with the high prevalence of upper extremity …

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 …

Background Manual wheelchair propulsion is widely accepted to be biomechanically
inefficient, with a high prevalence of shoulder pain and injuries among users. Directional …

The mobility of the healthy shoulder depends on complex interactions between the muscles
spanning its glenohumeral joint. These interactions ensure the stability of this joint. While …

Objectives. To quantify the association between performance‐based manual wheelchair
propulsion tests (20 m propulsion test, slalom test, and 6 min propulsion test), trunk and …

Research studies to understand the biomechanics of manual wheelchair propulsion often
incorporate experimental data and mathematical models. This project aimed to advance this …

Purpose: The main purpose of the research conducted was the analysis of kinematic and
biomechanical parameters measured during manual wheelchair ramp-climbing with the use …

Background To propel in an energy-efficient manner, handrim wheelchair users must learn
to control the bimanually applied forces onto the rims, preserving both speed and direction …

This paper describes a systematic method to partition the kinetic energy (KE) of a free-
wheeling wheelchair. An ultralightweight rigid frame wheelchair was instrumented with two …