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Perceived impacts of a first wheelchair on social participation

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Pages 37-44 | Accepted 01 Feb 2011, Published online: 29 Mar 2011

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Rosemary J. Gowran, Amanda Clifford, Andrea Gallagher, Jennifer McKee, Bernadette O’Regan & Elizabeth A. McKay. (2022) Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom. Disability and Rehabilitation 44:3, pages 370-381.
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Elizabeth McSweeney & Rosemary Joan Gowran. (2019) Wheelchair service provision education and training in low and lower middle income countries: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 14:1, pages 33-45.
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Rosemary Joan Gowran, Marion B. Collins, Joanne McGlanaghy, Ellen Shanahan & Yvonne Cleary. (2022) Wheelchair Skills Education and Training for Children with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus and Their Parents: A Pilot Study. Disabilities 2:1, pages 96-118.
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François Routhier, W Ben Mortenson, Louise Demers, Atiya Mahmood, Habib Chaudhury, Kathleen A Martin Ginis & William C Miller. (2019) Mobility and Participation of People With Disabilities Using Mobility Assistive Technologies: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols 8:4, pages e12089.
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Brodie M. Sakakibara, William C. Miller, Paula W. Rushton & Jan Miller Polgar. (2018) Rasch Analyses of the Wheelchair Use Confidence Scale for Power Wheelchair Users. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 99:1, pages 17-25.
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Paul Boyle, Sadiq Bhanbhro & Jeremie E De Guzman. (2017) Universal healthcare in the Philippines and the scope for therapy and rehabilitation. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 24:9, pages 403-408.
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François Routhier, R. Lee Kirby, Louise Demers, Malgorzata Depa & Kara Thompson. (2012) Efficacy and Retention of the French-Canadian Version of the Wheelchair Skills Training Program for Manual Wheelchair Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 93:6, pages 940-948.
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