Effect of Wheelchair Frame Material on Users’ Mechanical Work and Transmitted Vibration

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="609369.fig.004a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2014/609369/figures/609369.fig.004a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Continuous vertical vibration</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="609369.fig.004b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2014/609369/figures/609369.fig.004b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Shock-induced vertical vibration</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="609369.fig.004c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2014/609369/figures/609369.fig.004c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Continuous total vibration</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="609369.fig.004d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2014/609369/figures/609369.fig.004d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Shock-induced total vibration</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Vibration transmissibility (VT) versus weight-normalized work-per-meter (WN-WPM) when propelling on a textured mat.</table>

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Figure 4: Effect of Wheelchair Frame Material on Users’ Mechanical Work and Transmitted Vibration 