Trial reportPloS one2016
Manual Wheelchair Skills Training for Community-Dwelling Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guideline for the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries.Spinal cord · 2025Guideline
- Using remote learning to teach clinicians manual wheelchair skills: a cohort study with pre- vs post-training comparisons.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2022Trial
- Body System Effects of a Multi-Modal Training Program Targeting Chronic, Motor Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of neurotrauma · 2018Trial
- Manual wheelchair training for individuals with chronic and progressive conditions: a critical realist approach to improving practice.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- The Experience of Manual Wheelchair Training for People With Chronic and Progressive Conditions: Perspectives of Users and Trainers.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Manual wheelchair training approaches and intended training outcomes for adults who are new to wheelchair use: A scoping review.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2025Article
- Manual wheelchair training programs: a scoping review of educational approaches and intended learning outcomes.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Effects of wheelchair skills training during peer-led Active Rehabilitation Camps for people with spinal cord injury in Poland: a cohort study.Spinal cord · 2024Observational
- Satisfaction with social roles and activities across mobility status among persons with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2024Article
- Efficacy of a Remote Train-the-Trainer Model for Wheelchair Skills Training Administered by Clinicians: A Cohort Study With Pre- vs Posttraining Comparisons.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Article
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- A Systematic Methodology to Analyze the Impact of Hand-Rim Wheelchair Propulsion on the Upper Limb.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Active Rehabilitation for persons with spinal cord injury in Botswana - effects of a community peer-based programme.Spinal cord · 2019Article
- Perspectives of basic wheelchair users on improving their access to wheelchair services in Kenya and Philippines: a qualitative study.BMC international health and human rights · 2017Article
- Wheelchair services and use outcomes: A cross-sectional survey in Kenya and the Philippines.African journal of disability · 2017Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo test the hypotheses that community-dwelling veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) who receive the Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP) in their own environments significantly improve their manual wheelchair-skills capacity, retain those improvements at one year and improve participation in comparison with an Educational Control (EC) group.
methodsWe carried out a randomized controlled trial, studying 106 veterans with SCI from three Veterans Affairs rehabilitation centers. Each participant received either five one-on-one WSTP or EC sessions 30-45 minutes in duration. The main outcome measures were the total and subtotal percentage capacity scores from the Wheelchair Skills Test 4.1 (WST) and Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART) scores.
resultsParticipants in the WSTP group improved their total and Advanced-level WST scores by 7.1% and 30.1% relative to baseline (p < 0.001) and retained their scores at one year follow-up. The success rates for individual skills were consistent with the total and subtotal WST scores. The CHART Mobility sub-score improved by 3.2% over baseline (p = 0.021).
conclusionsIndividualized wheelchair skills training in the home environment substantially improves the advanced and total wheelchair skills capacity of experienced community-dwelling veterans with SCI but has only a small impact on participation.
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