Psychosocial impact of participation in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games and Winter Sports Clinic

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 410-418

  Sporner, Michelle L ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^c   Dicianno, Brad E ^a,d   Collins, Diane ^a,b   Teodorski, Emily ^a   Pasquina, Paul F ^e   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Patient Safety Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Exercise; Quality of life; Sports; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; COGNITION; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; DISABLED SPORT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WHEELCHAIR; WINTER SPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORTS; VETERANS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 66849118995     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802030923     Document Type: Article

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