Wheelchair skills assessment and training / / R. Lee Kirby

• Autore: Kirby R. Lee
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, , [2017]; ©2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (443 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 617/.033
• Soggetto topico: Wheelchairs; People with disabilities - Rehabilitation; Motor ability; Disability evaluation; Outcome assessment (Medical care)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wheelchair skills assessment and training
• ISBN: 1-315-35239-7; 1-315-36938-9; 1-4987-3882-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910151704403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Rehabilitation science in practice series.