Wheelchairs as Mobility Restraints: Predictors of Wheelchair Activity in Nonambulatory Nursing Home Residents

Abstract

Improving wheelchair skills with targeted intervention programs, along with making chairs more "user friendly" (e.g., grip extensions on brakes, foot pedals that one can move without bending over), could result in more wheelchair propulsion with resultant improvements in the NH resident's independence, freedom of movement, and quality of life.