Measurement of Hand/Handrim Grip Forces in Two Different One Arm Drive Wheelchairs

Table 2

Descriptive log transformed data to show mean and standard deviation of force measurement (𝑁) per region per wheelchair for each activity.

Region	Wheelchair	Straight running; mean (SD)	Corners; mean (SD)	Mats; mean (SD)
Fingers	Action3	2.81*; (0.18)	2.90; (0.35)	2.76; (0.24)
	Neater	2.71; (0.17)	2.85; (0.17)	2.67; (0.23)
Thumb	Action3	2.22*; (0.18)	2.26; (0.35)	2.09; (0.28)
	Neater	2.10; (0.19)	2.17; (0.18)	1.97; (0.23)
Palm	Action3	2.26; (0.31)	2.30; (0.45)	2.28; (0.31)
	Neater	2.30; (0.27)	2.33; (0.25)	2.21; (0.25)
Total	Action3	7.29*; (0.56)	7.47; (1.09)	7.13; (0.78)
	Neater	7.12; (0.52)	7.34; (0.54)	6.85; (0.68)

Key
*signifies significant difference between the two wheelchairs.