Electric-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs (EPIOCs): Users' views of influence on family, friends and carers

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 327-338

  Frank, Andrew ^a   Neophytou, Claudius ^b   Frank, Julia ^b   De Souza, Lorraine ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caregivers; carers; families; Powered wheelchairs; transport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTRICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954855466     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483101003746352     Document Type: Article

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