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Original Research

A condensed wheelchair skills training ‘bootcamp’ improves students’ self-efficacy for assessing, training, spotting, and documenting manual and power wheelchair skills

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Pages 418-420 | Received 22 Oct 2018, Accepted 16 Jan 2019, Published online: 18 Feb 2019

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