Seat height: effects on submaximal hand rim wheelchair performance during spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of wheelchair seat height on wheeling efficiency and technique during rehabilitation in subjects with a spinal cord injury.

Design: Laboratory-based study.

Subjects: Twelve persons with spinal cord injury (age range 19-77 years, lesion level: C5/C6-L2; 7 men; 8 incomplete).