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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151704403321

Autore

Kirby R. Lee

Titolo

Wheelchair skills assessment and training / / R. Lee Kirby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-315-35239-7

1-315-36938-9

1-4987-3882-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Rehabilitation science in practice series

Disciplina

617/.033

Soggetti

Wheelchairs

People with disabilities - Rehabilitation

Motor ability

Disability evaluation

Outcome assessment (Medical care)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to the wheelchair skills program -- Introduction to the assessment of wheelchair skills -- The wheelchair skills test (WST) -- The wheelchair skills test questionnaire (WST-Q) -- Wheelchair skills training -- Introduction to safety issues -- Individual skills -- Games.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a wide spectrum of readers with comprehensive but easily understandable protocols for the assessment and training of wheelchair skills. The Wheelchair Research Team at Dalhousie University and the Capital District Health Authority in Halifax (lead by the author) have focused on wheelchair safety and performance for three decades, as exemplified through the Wheelchair Skills Program. This is considered the top such program in the world. This new book is largely based on this program which has been accessed and utilized by over 75,000 people in 177 countries since 2007.