On an equal footing: Adults' accounts of the experience of using assistive devices for standing

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-57

  Nordström, Birgitta ^a,b   Näslund, Annika ^b   Ekenberg, Lilly ^a  

^a Norrbotten County Council   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Disability; Life world; Prolonged standing; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF HELP; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WALKING;

EID: 84871404147     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2012.678031     Document Type: Article

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