Skills on wheels: caregiver perspectives on the design and long-term impact of a pediatric wheelchair Skills training program.

Manual wheelchair skills training programs are novel developments, particularly in the United States. As perceived by the caregivers of participants, this study aimed to examine the long-term impact of the Skills on Wheels program on participants' occupational engagement and quality of life at home, at school, and in the community. Secondly, this study investigated the caregivers' perspectives of the program design of Skills on Wheels.

Wheeled mobility use outcomes: a systematic review protocol of measurement properties.

Introduction: Numerous tools have been developed to measure constructs related to wheelchair use. Currently, no toolkit comprehensively details assessments of wheeled mobility device use based on the quality of their measurement properties. The current review aims to systematically identify high-quality assessment tools that measure different aspects of wheeled mobility use.

Skills on wheels: initial pre-post findings from a pilot study of a pediatric wheelchair skills training program.

Skills on Wheels, a 5-week pediatric wheelchair skills training program implemented over 2 years, was developed to address confidence, social participation, and mobility for wheelchair-using children. This study tests the hypothesis that pediatric wheelchair skills training will increase wheelchair skill ability, confidence, and participation of wheelchair-using children. Individualized instruction was delivered by occupational ( = 50) and physical ( = 12) therapy practitioners and doctoral students.