Evaluation of the driving ability in disabled persons: A practitioners' view

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1029-1036

  Heikkilä, Veli Matti ^a   Kallanranta, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activity; Disability; Driving ability; Evaluation; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEVICE; DISABILITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 23744457860     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500052740     Document Type: Article

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