A comparison of functional mobility in standard vs. ultralight wheelchairs as measured by performance on a community obstacle course

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1083-1088

  Rogers, Helen ^a   Berman, Sean ^a   Fails, Dennis ^a   Jaser, Joumana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0141539237     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828031000152048     Document Type: Article

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