Comparison of teaching methods to learn a tilt and balance wheelchair skill

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 131-138

  Bullard, Susan ^a   Miller, S E ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; TEACHING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0035431622     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.93.1.131     Document Type: Article

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