Efficacy and retention of the French-Canadian version of the wheelchair skills training program for manual wheelchair users: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test the hypotheses that, in comparison with a control group that received standard care, users of manual wheelchairs who also received the French-Canadian version of the Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP) would significantly improve their wheelchair-skills capacity and that these improvements would be retained at 3 months.

Design

Multicenter, single-blind, randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Three rehabilitation centers in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Participants

Manual wheelchair users (N=39), a sample of convenience.

Intervention

Participants were randomly allocated to the WSTP or control groups. Participants in both groups received standard care. Participants in the WSTP group also received a mean of 5.9 training sessions (a mean

SUBMITTER: Routhier F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3708861 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature