Association between individual wheelchair skills and fitness in community-dwelling manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries

Abstract

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Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges

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The relationship between manual wheelchair using skills and upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in patients with spinal cord injury: A musculoskeletal ultrasonography study

“…S pinal cord injury (SCI) may cause several functional limitations, and approximately 45% of patients with SCI use a wheelchair to perform functional tasks. 1 Essential wheelchair skills are composed of proper propulsion mechanics, transfers between the wheelchair and other surfaces, maintenance of the wheelchair, and management of environmental barriers. 2 Better skills in wheelchair use are associated with independence in activities of daily living (ADLs), increased social participation and quality of life, and lower injury rate.…”

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) may cause several functional limitations, and approximately 45% of patients with SCI use a wheelchair to perform functional tasks 1 . Essential wheelchair skills are composed of proper propulsion mechanics, transfers between the wheelchair and other surfaces, maintenance of the wheelchair, and management of environmental barriers 2 .…”