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Wheelchair skills training for community-based manual wheelchair users
BEST KL; KIRBY RL; SMITH C; MACLEOD DA
ARCH PHYS MED REHABIL , 2005, vol. 86, n° 12, p. 2316-2323 Doc n°: 122870 Localisation : Documentation IRR Descripteurs : KF6 - FAUTEUIL ROULANT
Article consultable sur : http://www.archives-pmr.org
Objective: To test the hypotheses that wheelchair skills training of community-based manual wheelchair users is efficacious, safe, and practical. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Rehabilitation center and community. Participants: Twenty community-based manual wheelchair users (15 men, 5 women; age range, 21-77y), half with musculoskeletal and half with neurologic disorders. Intervention: Participants were randomly allocated to the Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP) or control groups. In 1-hour individualized sessions, the WSTP group participants received a mean +/- standard deviation of 4.5 +/- 0.7 hours of training. Caregivers participated whenever possible. In addition to training at the rehabilitation center, the trainer traveled to administer training in the community. Main Outcome Measures: Using the Wheelchair Skills Test (WST, version 3.1), an objective test of 57 skills, we calculated total and subtotal percentage scores (percentage number of skills passed of those possible) and individual skill success rates. Results: The WSTP group's improvement in total WST score was significantly greater than the control group's (P <.005). The mean total WST score for the WSTP group increased from a pretraining value of 63.3% +/- 6.0% to 78.5% +/- 8.3% posttraining, a relative improvement of 24.0% (P=.002). The control group increased from a baseline value of 70.8% 14.0% to 74.2% +/- 11.8% at follow-up, Langue : ANGLAIS |
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