Wheelchair users are not necessarily wheelchair bound

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-654

  Hoenig, Helen ^a,b   Pieper, Carl ^b   Zolkewitz, Mike ^a   Schenkman, Margaret ^c   Branch, Laurence G ^b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Disability; Mobility; Rehabilitation; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WHEELCHAIR;

AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0036212985     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50158.x     Document Type: Article

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