Evaluation of manual wheelchair skills: Is objective testing necessary or would subjective estimates suffice?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1295-1299

  Newton, Allison M ^a   Kirby, R Lee ^a   MacPhee, Angela H ^a   Dupuis, Debbie J ^a   MacLeod, Donald A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occupational therapy; Outcome assessment (health care); Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SKILL; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0036713279     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.33071     Document Type: Article

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