The association of assistive mobility devices and social participation in people with spinal cord injuries

IH Tsai, DE Graves, CH Lai - Spinal cord, 2014 - nature.com
social participation for wheelchairs users who have spinal cord injuries (SCIs). This study
examined the relationship between mobility devices and social participation … -level generalized …

The role of neighborhood physical environment on mobility and social participation among people using mobility assistive technology

C Bigonnesse, A Mahmood, H Chaudhury… - Disability & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… and surface-level differences on mobility and social participation. These dimensions are
important factors for MAT users to enter and exit buildings; however, current literature on …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of social participation level between older adults with assistive mobility devices and those without these devices

M Borji, M Moradi, K Mahdian, K Bahman Pour… - Iranian Journal of …, 2016 - ijrn.ir
… of mobility aids could affect the social participation of elderlies. The fact that elderlies who
use mobility aids exhibit less social participation … : Social Participation, Elderly, Mobility Aids

Assistive device usage in elderly people and evaluation of mobility level

TT Simsek, ET Yümin, M Sertel, A Öztürk… - Topics in Geriatric …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Participants were investigated in terms of their the sociodemographic characteristics and
their levels of mobility device … capacity and social participation. Elderly people with increased …

The impact of mobility assistive technology devices on participation for individuals with disabilities

J Carver, A Ganus, JM Ivey, T Plummer… - … Rehabilitation: Assistive …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
level of activity and functional limitation and the lowest level of … living, leisure pursuits and
community participation. It is also a … if they are ambulatory in addition to using a mobility device. …

Impact of wheelchair acquisition on social participation

K Rousseau-Harrison, A Rochette… - … : Assistive …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… This mobility device has been in use for a few hundred years … The Mobility and Postural
Assistive Devices Program is thus … with changes in the level of social participation in the current …

Quality of life, self-esteem, self-efficacy and social participation of persons living with mobility-related disability using mobility aids devices within select Nigerian …

CI Uchenwoke, BO Arinze, MJ Nwankwo… - … : Assistive …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Quality of life, self-esteem, self-efficacy and social participation of persons living
with mobility-related disability using mobility aids devices within select Nigerian communities …

Higher levels of mobility are associated with greater societal participation and better quality-of-life

G Williams, C Willmott - Brain Injury, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
… and QoL identified in this study may have been different if people who required use of gait
assistive devices to mobilize, or who were wheelchair-dependent, were included in this study. …

Barriers and facilitators to community mobility for assistive technology users

N Layton - Rehabilitation research and practice, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… Substantial levels of unmet need result in limited personal mobility and community
participation. … Study participants used 243 mobility devices and identified unmet need for 55 …

[HTML][HTML] Mobility and participation of people with disabilities using mobility assistive technologies: Protocol for a mixed-methods study

F Routhier, WB Mortenson, L Demers… - JMIR research …, 2019 - researchprotocols.org
… MAT influences users’ community participation, here defined … required the research assistants
to rate the indicators of the … mobility devices on older adults' activity engagement. Phys …