Wheelchair skills training for community-based manual wheelchair users: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2316-2323

  Best, Krista L ^a   Kirby, R Lee ^a,b   Smith, Cher ^b   MacLeod, Donald A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Motor skills; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SKILL; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NOVA SCOTIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REHABILITATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 28844488244     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.07.300     Document Type: Article

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