Use of an economical wheelchair in India and Peru: Impact on health and function

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Shore, Susan L ^a  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Pressure ulcer; Wheelchairs; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERU; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; WHEELCHAIR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; QUALITY OF LIFE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 57349163546     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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