Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low-to high-resourced settings: a scoping …

Y Burrola-Mendez, S Kamalakannan… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose This review aimed to collate and summarize available research literature about
wheelchair service provision education available to healthcare professional students …

Wheelchair service provision content in professional rehabilitation organisations' standards documents and contemporary initiatives: A rapid review

M Goldberg, P Rushton, RL Kirby… - Disability and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose We sought to identify opportunities, challenges, contemporary initiatives and
strategies for preparing entry-level practitioners who are competent at the basic level of …

Final year students' knowledge on basic manual wheelchair provision: the state of occupational therapy programs in Colombia

ML Toro-Hernández, L Alvarez… - Occupational …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Access to personal mobility is a human right and as such, it implies the provision of
wheelchair services for those with mobility impairments that need one. Lack of appropriately …

Perspectives of inpatient rehabilitation clinicians on the state of manual wheelchair training: a qualitative analysis

CT Rusek, M Kleven, C Walker, K Walker… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify clinician knowledge regarding manual
wheelchair (MWC) training in an inpatient rehabilitation (IPR) setting, identify current MWC …

An exploratory analysis of global trends in wheelchair service provision knowledge across different demographic variables: 2017–2020

M Goldberg, M Alharbi, K Kandavel… - Assistive …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
To explore global trends in manual wheelchair service provision knowledge across
geographic, professional, and socioeconomic domains. A secondary analysis of a dataset …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of the hybrid course on basic wheelchair service provision for Colombian wheelchair service providers

Y Burrola-Mendez, ML Toro-Hernández, M Goldberg… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction People with mobility impairments often rely on wheelchairs as their primary
means of mobility. Untrained wheelchair service providers may provide inappropriate …

Development, validation and feasibility study of a remote basic skills assessment for wheelchair service providers

S Ardianuari, M Goldberg, J Pearlman… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aim The purpose of this study was to develop, validate and conduct a feasibility study of
three remote basic skills assessment modalities for wheelchair service providers (WSP) …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a toolkit for educators of the wheelchair service provision process: the Seating and Mobility Academic Resource Toolkit (SMART)

PW Rushton, K Fung, M Gauthier, M Goldberg… - Human Resources for …, 2020 - Springer
Background Insufficient wheelchair training among rehabilitation professionals has been
identified as an important factor that hinders access to appropriate wheelchair services. The …

Evaluation of providers' assistive technology service delivery practices in Pakistan

A Khan, M Goldberg, J Pearlman… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Globally, one in three individuals needs at least one assistive product. The primary
objective of this study was to conduct a survey of Pakistani rehabilitation service providers to …

Provision of paediatric wheelchairs in low resource settings: a scoping review

M Charbonnet, L Sylvester, H Wang… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Inadequate wheelchair provision in children can lead to delays in growth and
development, poorer health, and decreased participation. Wheelchair provision for children …