Wheelchair Curb Climbing: Randomized Controlled Comparison of Highly Structured and Conventional Training Methods

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2342-2348

  Kirby, R Lee ^a   Bennett, Sean ^a   Smith, Cher ^b   Parker, Kim ^b   Thompson, Kara ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Architectural; Motor skills; Rehabilitation; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR; WHEELCHAIR CURB CLIMBING;

ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 56849120393     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.04.028     Document Type: Article

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