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ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health), iWheel (Resources for Improving Wheelchair Use), LLFDI (Late Life Function and Disability Index), LSA (Life-Space Assessment), MWC (manual wheelchair), RCT (randomized controlled trial), WheelCon-M-SF (Wheelchair Use Confidence Scale for Manual Wheelchair Users-Short Form), WheelSeeU (Wheelchair Self-Efficacy Enhanced for Use), WhOM (Wheelchair Outcome Measure), WST (Wheelchair Skills Test version 4.1), WST-Q (Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire)Purchase one-time access:
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Supported by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (grant no. MOP-125953).
Clinical Trial Registration No.: NCT01838135.
Disclosures: Dr. Krista Best received salary support from the Quebec Health Research Funds (FRQS) and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. Dr. François Routhier received salary support from the FRQS Research Scholar Award. The other authors report nothing to disclose.