Wheelchair propulsion test: Development and measurement properties of a new test for manual wheelchair users

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1690-1698

  Askari, Sussan ^a   Kirby, R Lee ^a   Parker, Kim ^b   Thompson, Kara ^a   O'Neill, Jonathan ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Rehabilitation; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MANUAL WHEELCHAIR; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION TEST;

ICC; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REHABILITATION; WHEELCHAIR; WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION TEST; WPT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84882854669     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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