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- Title
Transfer component skill deficit rates among Veterans who use wheelchairs.
- Authors
Koontz, Alicia M.; Chung-Ying Tsai; Hogaboom, Nathan S.; Boninger, Michael L.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to quantify the deficit rates for transfer component skills in a Veteran cohort and explore the relationship between deficit rates and subject characteristics. Seventy-four men and 18 women performed up to four transfers independently from their wheelchair to a mat table while a therapist evaluated their transfer techniques using the Transfer Assessment Instrument. The highest deficit rates concerned the improper use of handgrips (63%). Other common problems included not setting the wheelchair up at the proper angle (50%) and not removing the armrest (58%). Veterans over 60 yr old and Veterans with moderate shoulder pain were more likely to set up their wheelchairs inappropriately than younger Veterans (p = 0.003) and Veterans with mild shoulder pain (p = 0.004). Women were less likely to remove their armrests than men (p = 0.03). Subjects with disabilities other than spinal cord injury were less inclined to set themselves up for a safe and easy transfer than the subjects with spinal cord injury (p </= 0.001). The results provide insight into the disparities present in transfer skills among Veterans and will inform the development of future transfer training programs both within and outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Subjects
COLORADO; FLORIDA; VIRGINIA; MOTOR ability; BODY weight; CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; STATISTICAL correlation; FUNCTIONAL assessment; LIFE skills; VETERANS; PARAPLEGIA; PEOPLE with disabilities; ATHLETES with disabilities; PROBABILITY theory; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SHOULDER pain; SPINAL cord injuries; SPORTS for people with disabilities; STATISTICS; VETERANS' hospitals; WHEELCHAIRS; DATA analysis; ACTIVITIES of daily living; PAIN measurement; TRANSPORTATION of patients; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PHYSICAL therapy assessment; MANN Whitney U Test; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
- Publication
Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 2016, Vol 53, Issue 2, p279
- ISSN
0748-7711
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1682/JRRD.2015.02.0023