The manual wheelchair-handling skills of caregivers and the effect of training

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2011-2019

  Kirby, R Lee ^a,b   Mifflen, Naomi J ^a   Thibault, Deborah L ^a   Smith, Cher ^b   Best, Krista L ^a   Thompson, Kara J ^a   MacLeod, Donald A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Motor skills; Rehabilitation; Safety; Task performance and analysis; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE; WHEELCHAIR;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 9944256118     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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