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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Understanding the Global Challenges to Accessing Appropriate Wheelchairs: Position Paper.

Rosemary Joan Gowran, Nathan Bray, Mary Goldberg, Paula Rushton, Marie Barhouche Abou Saab, David Constantine, Ritu Ghosh, Jonathan Pearlman

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rosemary Joan GowranSchool of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Health Research Institute, Health Implementation Science and Technology (HIST), University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-8114-5815
Nathan BraySchool of Health Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd LL57 2EF, UK.
Mary GoldbergDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology, University of Pittsburgh & International Society of Wheelchair Professionals, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA.
Paula RushtonÉcole de Réadaptation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7406-0477
Marie Barhouche Abou SaabUnité des Aides Technique, SESOBEL, Ain El Rihani, Lebanon.
David ConstantineMBE, Founder Director, Motivation UK/International, Bristol BS3 4EG, UK.
Ritu GhoshMobility India, Rehabilitation Research and Training Centre, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru 560078, India.
Jonathan PearlmanDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology, University of Pittsburgh & International Society of Wheelchair Professionals, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0830-9136

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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WheelchairsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildHumansappropriate wheelchairsassistive technologyhuman securitysustainable development

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PMID33804868
PMCPMC8036353

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