Are wheelchair-skills assessment and training relevant for long-standing wheelchair users? Two case reports

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-233

  Mountain, Anita D ^a   Smith, Cher ^b   Kirby, R Lee ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor skills; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISABLED PERSON; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 77951674212     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483100903391145     Document Type: Article

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