The Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment Work Simulator: Biomechanical and Physiological Norms for Three Attachments in Healthy Men.
Objectives. The Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment (BTE) work simulator is routinely used by occupational therapists in functional capacity evaluation. Currently, there is a lack of normative data for various attachments on this instrument. The purposes of this study were to (a) establish norms for the...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 19 - 26 |
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American Occupational Therapy Association
Jan1994
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