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Exploring the impact of wheelchair design on user function in a rural South African setting

BACKGROUND: Wheelchairs provide mobility that can enhance function and community integration. Function in a wheelchair is influenced by wheelchair design. OBJECTIVES: To explore the impact of wheelchair design on user function and the variables that guided wheelchair prescription in the study settin...

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Autores principales:	Visagie, Surona, Duffield, Svenje, Unger, Mariaan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS OpenJournals 2015
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5433480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28730031 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v4i1.171

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