Wheelchair Repairs, Breakdown, and Adverse Consequences for People With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2034-2038

  McClure, Laura A ^a,b   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c   Oyster, Michelle L ^a,c   Williams, Steve ^d   Houlihan, Bethlyn ^d   Lieberman, Jesse A ^c   Cooper, Rory A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment failure; Reference standards; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 71049138187     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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