Publications by authors named "Mike McAllister"

Objective: To test the hypothesis that caregivers enhance the wheelchair skills capacity and confidence of the power wheelchair users to whom they provide assistance, and to describe the nature of that assistance.

Design: Multicenter cross-sectional study.

Setting: Rehabilitation centers and communities.

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Objectives: To test the hypothesis that powered wheelchair users who receive the Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP) improve their wheelchair skills in comparison with a control group that receives standard care, and secondarily to assess goal achievement, satisfaction with training, retention, injury rate, confidence with wheelchair use, and participation.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Rehabilitation centers and communities.

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