Reliability of the performance and safety scores of the wheelchair skills test version 4.1 for manual wheelchair users

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1752-1757

  Lindquist, Noelle J ^a   Loudon, Patricia E ^a   Magis, Trent F ^a   Rispin, Jessica E ^a   Kirby, R Lee ^b   Manns, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIDEORECORDING; WHEELCHAIR; WHEELCHAIR SKILLS TEST VERSION 4.1;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 78049469794     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.07.226     Document Type: Article

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