This study investigated the relationship between quality—adjustability, thus capacity to
customize—manual and power wheelchairs and health-related Quality of Life, as measured …

Purpose: To determine the retest reliability and construct validity of the self-report and proxy
versions of the wheelchair outcome measure (WhOM) among residents in long-term care …

Purpose. Provision of a wheelchair has immediate intuitive benefits; however, it can be
difficult to evaluate which wheelchair and seating components best meet an individual's …

Purpose: Several questionnaires measuring health status are available, but their validity and
correspondence between them in people with severe physical disabilities is not well known …

Purpose. Older adults commonly use wheelchairs for mobility impairments regardless of
their living situations. However, limited outcomes data are available to determine quality of …

The first stage in the process of developing an audit tool for wheelchair services was a study
to examine the expectations of wheelchair users and their carers. The findings demonstrate …

Study Design: Prospective test re-test study. Objectives: To examine the reliability and
validity of the Wheelchair Outcome Measure (WhOM) and discuss its clinical implications …

Objective To evaluate the relation among the measures in a power wheelchair outcomes
toolkit. Design We performed path analysis of cross-sectional data from self-report …

The main objective of this study was to investigate associations, concordance and
differences among self-report and performance-based measures, and reveal new factors …

Older adults are the largest and fastest growing users of wheeled mobility devices
(wheelchairs). Research in the areas of: utilization; and outcomes is very limited. Lack of …