Comparison between performance with a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair and a manual wheelchair on the Wheelchair Skills Test

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-220

  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

Motor skill; Propulsion; Rear anti tip device; Rehabilitation; Repetitive strain; Wheelchair; Wheelchair Skills Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; REHABILITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 32844460808     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500158448     Document Type: Article

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