A review of factors influencing participation in social and community activities for wheelchair users

EM Smith, BM Sakakibara, WC Miller - Disability and Rehabilitation …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To systematically identify factors associated with participation in social and
community activities for adult wheelchair users (WCUs). Data sources: PubMed/MEDLINE …

Examining the association between life‐space mobility and cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review

NA De Silva, MA Gregory… - Journal of Aging …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. The purpose of this review is to investigate the relationship between life‐space
mobility and cognition in older adults. Methods. MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO …

A description of manual wheelchair skills training: current practices in Canadian rehabilitation centers

KL Best, F Routhier, WC Miller - Disability and Rehabilitation …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To describe current practices for manual wheelchair (MWC) skills training in
Canadian rehabilitation centers. Methods: An online survey was sent to practice leaders in …

Pilot study of a peer-led wheelchair training program to improve self-efficacy using a manual wheelchair: a randomized controlled trial

KL Best, WC Miller, G Huston, F Routhier… - Archives of Physical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the effect of a peer-led wheelchair training program on self-efficacy
of manual wheelchair (MWC) use and to explore influences of the intervention on MWC …

The Wheelchair Use Confidence Scale: Italian translation, adaptation, and validation of the short form

A Berardi, R De Santis, M Tofani… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objective: We developed an Italian version of the Wheelchair Use Confidence
Scale for Manual Users-Short Form (WheelCon-MI-short form) and examined its reliability …

Evidence-based strategies for preserving mobility for elderly and aging manual wheelchair users

PS Requejo, J Furumasu, SJ Mulroy - Topics in geriatric …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Elderly and aging manual wheelchair users have an increased risk for accelerated loss of
function and mobility that greatly limits independence and affects quality of life. This review …

[HTML][HTML] Life-space and movement behavior in nursing home residents: results of a new sensor-based assessment and associated factors

CP Jansen, M Diegelmann, EL Schnabel, HW Wahl… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Studies on life-space (LS) and its determinants have previously been limited to
community-dwelling subjects but are lacking in institutionalized older persons. The purpose …

[HTML][HTML] Manual wheelchair skills training for community-dwelling veterans with spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial

RL Kirby, D Mitchell, S Sabharwal, M McCranie… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To test the hypotheses that community-dwelling veterans with spinal cord injury
(SCI) who receive the Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP) in their own environments …

Association between self-efficacy and participation in community-dwelling manual wheelchair users aged 50 years or older

BM Sakakibara, WC Miller, F Routhier… - Physical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Self-efficacy with using a wheelchair is an emerging construct in the wheelchair-
use literature that may have implications for the participation frequency in social and …

The relationship between independent transfer skills and upper limb kinetics in wheelchair users

CY Tsai, NS Hogaboom, ML Boninger… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Transfers are one of the most physically demanding wheelchair activities. The purpose of
this study was to determine if using proper transfer skills as measured by the Transfer …