Wheelchair Skills Training Program: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Wheelchair Users Undergoing Initial Rehabilitation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-50

  MacPhee, Angela H ^a   Kirby, R Lee ^a,d   Coolen, Anna L ^a   Smith, Cher ^b   MacLeod, Donald A ^b   Dupuis, Debbie J ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Rehabilitation Centre Site   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Motor skills; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SKILL; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0347989567     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00364-2     Document Type: Article

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