Learning to perform wheelchair wheelies: Comparison of 2 training strategies

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 785-793

  Bonaparte, James P ^a   Kirby, R Lee ^a,b   MacLeod, Donald A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Learning; Motor skills; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR; AGE; BIOMECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 2942691813     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.06.025     Document Type: Article

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