Applicability of the wheelchair skills program to the indian context

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 969-972

  Kirby, R Lee ^a   Cooper, Rory A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Wheelchair skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEVICE; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION CARE; SKILL; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR; WORKSHOP;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INDIA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34347229455     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701240730     Document Type: Article

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