Reliability of measurements of static weight distribution of manual wheelchairs.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of measurements of weight distribution among the wheels of wheelchairs using a commercial balance testing system. Reliable data may be useful in the wheelchair evaluation and adjustment process.

Subjects: Three male full-time manual wheelchair users aged 30, 26, and 27 years with cervical spinal cord injuries 7.

Measuring life event stress in the lives of college students: the Undergraduate Stress Questionnaire (USQ).

We describe the development of the Undergraduate Stress Questionnaire (USQ), a life events checklist designed to measure stress among undergraduates. Several studies demonstrate the USQ's validity. The USQ correlates positively with physical symptoms and negatively with mood.