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Current Study: Manual Wheeling
The Human Locomotion Research Lab at the School of Human Kinetics (UBC) is looking for healthy manual wheelchair users and healthy non-wheelchair users to participate in a manual wheelchair movement study.
Background and purpose of research:
We are interested in better understanding the neural control of wheeling; in particular, how the nervous system adapts to experience using [...]
Current Study: Manual Wheelchair Propulsion in Spinal Cord Injuries
Dr. Bonita Sawatzky of the Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia is conducting a research study to measure the forces put on the wheel when wheeling, to describe the wheeling strategies of adults, and measure how these forces change over various surfaces such as carpet, tile, and inclines/ramps.
You are being invited to participate if [...]
