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Wheelchair and burning calories?
fernie8787
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Can you burn calories if you push yourself around in a wheelchair? How can you estimate the calories burn if you can?
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( I don't know the answer to this but hope someone else might be able to help you estimate the calories burnt)2 -
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111028115352.htm
Not sure how accurate but give a a few different activities after giving a "base" of 120 per half hour for a manual chair going 2 mph on flat ground.1
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