Wheelchair Use by Veterans Newly Prescribed a Manual Wheelchair

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-439

  Ganesh, Shanti ^a,b   Hayter, Anthony ^c   Kim, Jongphil ^c   Sanford, Jon ^e   Sprigle, Stephen ^d   Hoenig, Helen ^f,g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Architectural accessibility; Durable medical equipment; Housing; Occupational therapy; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Physical therapy techniques; Rehabilitation; Residential mobility; Self help devices; Walking; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCRIPTION; SELF REPORT; VETERAN; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; VETERANS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33947596654     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.045     Document Type: Article

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