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ArticleFrontiers in rehabilitation sciences2023

Policy brief: adaptive cycling equipment for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities as durable medical equipment.

Mary E Gannotti, Margaret E O'Neil, Maria Fragala-Pinkham, George E Gorton, Daniel G Whitney

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Article in Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Mary E GannottiDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, United States.
Margaret E O'NeilDepartment of Physical Therapy & Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States.
Maria Fragala-PinkhamDepartment of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
George E GortonDepartment of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Springfield, MA, United States.
Daniel G WhitneyDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Boston Children's Hospital · USShriners Hospitals for Children - Springfield · USUniversity of Hartford · USUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

- Durable medical equipment (DME) policies require that the equipment be medically necessary; however, adaptive cycling equipment (bicycles and tricycles) are usually not deemed medically necessary. - Individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) are at high risk for secondary conditions, both physical and mental, that can be mitigated by increasing physical activity. - Significant financial costs are associated with the management of secondary conditions. - Adaptive cycling can provide improved physical health of individuals with NDD potentially reducing costs of comorbidities. - Expanding DME policies to include adaptive cycling equipment for qualifying individuals with NDD can increase access to equipment. - Regulations to ensure eligibility, proper fitting, prescription, and training can optimize health and wellbeing. - Programs for recycling or repurposing of equipment are warranted to optimize resources.

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adaptive cyclingadaptive tricyclesautismcerebral palsyDown syndromeneurodevelopmental disabilitypaymentpolicy

Identifiers

PMID37342677
PMCPMC10277568
OpenAlexW4379472756

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