Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 434-439 , April 2007

Wheelchair Use by Veterans Newly Prescribed a Manual Wheelchair

  • Shanti Ganesh, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Shanti Ganesh, MD, MPH, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University, 345 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611
    • ,
  • Anthony Hayter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Jongphil Kim, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Jon Sanford, MArch

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Research & Development Center, Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, Decatur, GA
    • ,
  • Stephen Sprigle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC.

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 Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Duke University Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (grant no. 2P60AG11268) and by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, RERC on Wheeled Mobility (grant no. H133E030035-04).

 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(06)01637-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.045

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 434-439 , April 2007

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