Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 12 , Pages 2316-2323 , December 2005

Wheelchair Skills Training for Community-Based Manual Wheelchair Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented to the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, June 26, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

  • Krista L. Best, MSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
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  • R. Lee Kirby, MD (FRCPC)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to R. Lee Kirby, MD, FRCPC, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Rehabilitation Centre Site, 1341 Summer St, Halifax, NS B3H 4K4, Canada, Reprints are not available from the author.
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  • Cher Smith, BSc OT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Therapy, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Rehabilitation Centre Site, Halifax, NS, Canada
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  • Donald A. MacLeod, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Locomotor Function Laboratory, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Rehabilitation Centre Site, Halifax, NS, Canada

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    Flow diagram reflecting participant involvement in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines.24 WSTs 1 and 2 refer to the initial and final WST. The numbers after the colons reflect the number of potenti

    Flow diagram reflecting participant involvement in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines.24 WSTs 1 and 2 refer to the initial and final WST. The numbers after the colons reflect the number of potential or actual participants.

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    Total and subtotal percentage WST scores pre- (WST 1) and posttraining (WST 2) for the WSTP and control groups.

    Total and subtotal percentage WST scores pre- (WST 1) and posttraining (WST 2) for the WSTP and control groups.

 Supported by the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (grant no. PSO-SRA-2003-664) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. 43661).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)00934-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.07.300

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 12 , Pages 2316-2323 , December 2005

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