Facilitating manual wheelchair skills following lower limb amputation using a group process: A nested mixed methods pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The manual wheelchair skills training programme is used to structure teaching manual wheelchair use for people following injury or disability. This pilot study aimed to explore the outcomes of introducing a group wheelchair skills training programme on skill performance, confidence and frequency of wheelchair use for people with lower limb amputation in a rehabilitation setting from the perspective of participants and group facilitators.

Method

This pilot study used a two-phase mixed methods nested design. Eleven people with lower limb amputations received a minimum of two 45-min wheelchair skills sessions, using the Wheelchair Skills Training Program, delivered in a mix of group and one-to-one sessions. In phase one, wheelchair skill performance, confidence and

SUBMITTER: Charlton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature