Wheelchairs and seating: Issues and practice

Technology and Disability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-16

  Cooper, Rory A ^a   Trefler, Elaine ^b   Hobson, Douglas A ^b  

^a VA Healthcare VISN 4   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practices; Mobility; Seating; Standards; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEAT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0029920070     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-1996-5102     Document Type: Review

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