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Measurement of wheelchair skills in patient with spinal cord injury

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dc.contributor.author Akter, Tahmina
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-25T05:18:28Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-25T05:18:28Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-30
dc.identifier.citation Includes bibliographical references (page 43-45). en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/288
dc.description This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, 2015-08-30 en_US
dc.description.abstract Purpose: To find out the measurement of wheelchair skills of person‟s with spinal cord injury in a tertiary rehabilitation center (CRP). Objectives: To evaluate the wheelchair manuver, to identify the transfer skills, to find out the total WST score, to see socio-demographic factors. Methodology: A cross sectional study design was used to conduct the study. About 30 participants were selected through convenient sampling technique from the SCI persons taking rehabilitation in CRP, Bangladesh. The data were collected by using WST questionnaire and were analyzed by descriptive statistics through using SPSS software version 22.0. Results: Study shows that the Wheelchair Skills of person‟s with spinal cord injury decrease remarkably after spinal cord injury in case of tetraplegic in comparison with paraplegic. The main consequences of SCI suggest this study is decrease wheelie capacity. So achieving an adequate wheelie capacity to improve wheelchair skills is considered the final goal of the rehabilitation process following a SCI and the need for outcome measures assessing health and wheelchair skills following rehabilitation is therefore becoming increasingly important. Since improved wheelchair skills is indicative of the success of treatment programs, it should be routinely measured among SCI patients. Conclusion: The results of this study provided more insight into the Wheelchair Skills of person‟s with spinal cord injury in CRP. More research is needed to evaluate the rehabilitation program for these patients. Key words: Spinal Cord Injury, Wheelchair Skills, Rehabilitation, Wheelchair Skill test. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) en_US
dc.subject Spinal Cord Injury en_US
dc.subject Wheelchair Skills en_US
dc.subject Rehabilitation en_US
dc.subject Wheelchair Skill test. en_US
dc.title Measurement of wheelchair skills in patient with spinal cord injury en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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