Clinicians' and Researchers' Perspectives on Manual Wheelchair Data Loggers.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have used data loggers to record a wide range of, sometimes differing, objective outcomes associated with the use of manual wheelchairs. To identify which outcomes are broadly perceived to be the most important to measure when objectively documenting manual wheelchair use, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with groups of researchers and clinicians in the field of wheeled mobility. We also surveyed the challenges these groups experienced when using data loggers. The survey was informed by a previous scoping review of the scientific and gray literature. Seventy-four people with various academic and professional backgrounds completed the survey: 57 researchers (77.0%) and 17 clinicians (23.0%). Regarding the importance they attributed to commonly measured outcomes, the mos

SUBMITTER: Routhier F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729011 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature