A systematic review of wheelchair skills tests for manual wheelchair users with a spinal cord injury: towards a standardized outcome measure.

Objective: To review, analyse, evaluate and critically appraise available wheelchair skill tests in the international literature and to determine the need for a standardized measurement tool of manual wheeled mobility in those with spinal cord injury.

Data Sources: A systematic review of literature (databases PubMed, Web of Science and Cochrane Library (1970-December 2009).

Subjects: Hand rim wheelchair users, mainly those with spinal cord injury.