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Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Volume 13, 2018 - Issue 1
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Measurement properties of the Wheelchair Skills Test for scooters among experienced users

W. Ben MortensonDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ;International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), UBC Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ;Rehabilitation Research Program, VCH Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
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Laura Hurd ClarkeSchool of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; View further author information
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Charlie H. GoldsmithDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ;Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; View further author information
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Sharon JangInternational Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), UBC Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ;Rehabilitation Research Program, VCH Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; View further author information
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R. Lee KirbyDivision of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaView further author information
Pages 60-65 | Received 17 Jun 2016, Accepted 06 Jan 2017, Published online: 05 Feb 2017

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Sharon Jang, R. Lee Kirby, Laura Hurd, Sandra Hobson, Richelle Emery & W. Ben Mortenson. (2023) Wheelchair Skills Test in simulated versus community settings: a mixed-methods crossover study of experienced motorized mobility scooter users. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-8.
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W. Ben Mortenson, Alfiya Battalova, Laura Hurd, Sandra Hobson, Richelle Emery & R. Lee Kirby. (2023) Correlates of self-reported Wheelchair Skills Test Questionnaire scores of new users of mobility scooters: a cross-sectional study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 18:5, pages 483-490.
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R. Lee Kirby, Cher Smith, Dee Osmond, Sarah A. Moore, Christopher J. Theriault & Navjot Sandila. (2023) A Remote-Learning Course can improve the subjective wheelchair-skills performance and confidence of wheelchair service providers: an observational cohort study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-10.
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R. Lee Kirby, Cher Smith, W. Ben Mortenson, Alfiya Battalova, Laura Hurd, Sandra Hobson, Sharon Jang & Richelle Emery. (2023) Qualitative experiences of new motorised mobility scooter users relevant to their scooter skills: a secondary analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 18:1, pages 89-96.
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Mehdi Eshraghi, Bonita Sawatzky & W. Ben Mortenson. (2021) Feasibility of a peer-led, manual wheelchair maintenance skills training programme to improve wheelchair efficiency, and knowledge and confidence about wheelchair maintenance: a pre–post study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 16:8, pages 918-926.
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Sharon Jang, W. Ben Mortenson, Laura Hurd & R. Lee Kirby. (2020) Caught in-between: tensions experienced by community mobility scooter users. Disability & Society 35:10, pages 1577-1595.
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Vinícius Aparecido Yoshio Ossada, Jônatas Garcia Souza, Daniel Marinho Cezar Cruz, Lays Cleria Batista Campos, Fausto Orsi Medola & Viviane de Souza Pinho Costa. (2020) Cross-cultural adaptation of wheelchair skills test (version 4.3) for wheelchair users and caregivers to the Portuguese language (Brazil). Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 15:5, pages 491-498.
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Diego Passuni, Elisa Dalzotto, Christian F. Gath, Eliana Buffetti, Milagros Elizalde, Verónica Jarmoluk, Maria J. Russo, Silvia Intruvini, Lisandro E. Olmos & Orestes Freixes. (2019) Reliability of the Spanish version of the wheelchair skills test 4.2 for manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 14:8, pages 788-791.
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Sol Lim & Clive D’Souza. (2021) Wheeled Mobility Use on Accessible Fixed-Route Transit: A Field Study in Environmental Docility. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:6, pages 2840.
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Mike Prescott, William C. Miller, Jaimie Borisoff, Polly Tan, Nova Garside, Robert Feick & W. Ben Mortenson. (2021) An exploration of the navigational behaviours of people who use wheeled mobility devices in unfamiliar pedestrian environments. Journal of Transport & Health 20, pages 100975.
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Hiroshi Momma, Jun Suzurikawa, Rie Takeshima, Yuki Sawada, Yusuke Harada & Tomoko Kondo. (2020) Assessment of driving skills of a mobility scooter using driving operation logs. Assessment of driving skills of a mobility scooter using driving operation logs.
W. Ben Mortenson, Sharon Jang, Charlie H. Goldsmith, Laura Hurd Clarke, Sandra Hobson & Richelle Emery. (2017) Feasibility of a Systematic, Comprehensive, One-to-One Training (SCOOT) program for new scooter users: study protocol for a randomized control trial. Trials 18:1.
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