Manual wheelchair skills capacity predicts quality of life and community integration in persons with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2237-2243

  Hosseini, Shahla M ^a   Oyster, Michelle L ^a,b   Kirby, R Lee ^c   Harrington, Amanda L ^a   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community participation; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL WHEELCHAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR SKILLS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARAPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869492699     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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