Facilitating fitness for wheelchair users: exploring safety and usability of a standing active arm passive leg exercise device
The AAPLEwalk appears to be a promising device for enabling upright APPLE for wheelchair users. Future research should assess the device's physiological impact and long-term fitness benefits.
Authors
- Johanne Mattie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0406-7988)
- James Laskin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-0567)
- R. C. Lee
- Jaimie Borisoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9672-8367)
- W. Ben Mortenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0183-6163)
- Katherine Toy
Institutions
- University of British Columbia Hospital (CA)
- British Columbia Institute of Technology (CA)
- International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2025.2552407
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Rick Hansen Foundation
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Canada Research Chairs
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada