A study on the effects of modified wheelchair skills program (WSP) for hemiplegic clients

With one useless arm and mostly one useless leg standard wheelchairs are idiotic for stroke survivors.

The reason legs recover faster is that in order to get around you have to use them, lever wheelchairs would provide the same results. Much better arm and hand recovery. Is your hospital so fucking blind they can't see that? Or are they so incompetent they don't know about it? 

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Do you prefer your  doctor and hospital incompetence NOT KNOWING? OR NOT DOING?

A study on the effects of modified wheelchair skills program (WSP) for hemiplegic clients

Assistive Technology , Volume 34(1) , Pgs. 26-33.

NARIC Accession Number: J88820.  What's this?
ISSN: 1040-0435.
Author(s): Park, Je Mo; Jung, Hwa S..
Publication Year: 2022.
Number of Pages: 8.

Abstract: 

 Study evaluated the efficacy of the modified wheelchair skills program (WSP) for improving wheelchair skills capacity, perceived satisfaction, and performance in daily activities for hemiplegia patients in Korea. The WSP consists of a wheelchair skills test (WST), a wheelchair skills test-questionnaire that evaluates wheelchair usage skill, and a wheelchair skills training program that directly provides training to its clients. The modified WSP was tailored to better fit the environment and the treatment needs of hemiplegic patients in Korea. The resulting training procedure was augmented to help hemiplegic patients understand the basic mechanics of the wheelchair. Twenty-four hemiplegic patients were assigned to the experimental or control group and the WST, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), Korean version of modified Barthel Index, and subjective opinion surveys were utilized as outcome measures. The results of the training showed significant improvement in WST, COPM, K-MBI scores in the experimental group and especially, the WST and COPM scores showed statistically insignificant improvement compared to the control group. The findings suggest that a modified WSP may prove effective for hemiplegic patients who exhibit low volition or are experiencing wheelchair use for the first time.
Descriptor Terms: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, CLIENT SATISFACTION, DAILY LIVING, HEMIPLEGIA, INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION, LEARNING, MOBILITY TRAINING, STROKE, TRAINING PROGRAMS, WHEELCHAIRS.


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Citation: Park, Je Mo, Jung, Hwa S.. (2022). A study on the effects of modified wheelchair skills program (WSP) for hemiplegic clients.  Assistive Technology , 34(1), Pgs. 26-33. Retrieved 6/23/2022, from REHABDATA database.