Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges
According to the World Health Organization, hundreds of individuals commence wheelchair use daily, often due to an injury such as spinal cord injury or through a condition such as a stroke. However, manual wheelchair users typically experience reductions in individual community mobility and particip...
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| description | According to the World Health Organization, hundreds of individuals commence wheelchair use daily, often due to an injury such as spinal cord injury or through a condition such as a stroke. However, manual wheelchair users typically experience reductions in individual community mobility and participation. In this review, articles from 2017 to 2023 were reviewed to identify means of measuring community mobility and participation of manual wheelchair users, factors that can impact these aspects, and current rehabilitation techniques for improving them. The selected articles document current best practices utilizing self-surveys, in-clinic assessments, and remote tracking through GPS and accelerometer data, which rehabilitation specialists can apply to track their patients’ community mobility and participation accurately. Furthermore, rehabilitation methods such as wheelchair training programs, brain-computer interface triggered functional electric stimulation therapy, and community-based rehabilitation programs show potential to improve the community mobility and participation of manual wheelchair users. Recommendations were made to highlight potential avenues for future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-246c80e23640466fa856ead3b2c6800d2024-01-05T04:39:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612024-01-011710.3389/fnhum.2023.13313951331395Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challengesGrace Fasipe0Maja Goršič1Mohammad Habibur Rahman2Mohammad Habibur Rahman3Jacob Rammer4Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAccording to the World Health Organization, hundreds of individuals commence wheelchair use daily, often due to an injury such as spinal cord injury or through a condition such as a stroke. However, manual wheelchair users typically experience reductions in individual community mobility and participation. In this review, articles from 2017 to 2023 were reviewed to identify means of measuring community mobility and participation of manual wheelchair users, factors that can impact these aspects, and current rehabilitation techniques for improving them. The selected articles document current best practices utilizing self-surveys, in-clinic assessments, and remote tracking through GPS and accelerometer data, which rehabilitation specialists can apply to track their patients’ community mobility and participation accurately. Furthermore, rehabilitation methods such as wheelchair training programs, brain-computer interface triggered functional electric stimulation therapy, and community-based rehabilitation programs show potential to improve the community mobility and participation of manual wheelchair users. Recommendations were made to highlight potential avenues for future research.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1331395/fullbarriershealth-related quality of lifeGPS trackingcommunity-based assessmentbrain-computer interfacecommunity mobility |
| spellingShingle | Grace Fasipe Maja Goršič Mohammad Habibur Rahman Mohammad Habibur Rahman Jacob Rammer Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges Frontiers in Human Neuroscience barriers health-related quality of life GPS tracking community-based assessment brain-computer interface community mobility |
| title | Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges |
| title_full | Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges |
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| title_short | Community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users: a review of current techniques and challenges |
| title_sort | community mobility and participation assessment of manual wheelchair users a review of current techniques and challenges |
| topic | barriers health-related quality of life GPS tracking community-based assessment brain-computer interface community mobility |
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