The Wheelchair Skills Test: A pilot study of a new outcome measure

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-18

  Kirby, R Lee ^a   Swuste, Janneke ^a   Dupuis, Debbie J ^b   MacLeod, Donald A ^c   Monroe, Randi ^d  

^a Div of Phys Med and Rehab   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Clinical Locomotor Function Laboratory   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor skills; Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0036142538     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.26823     Document Type: Article

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