Open AccessSelected factors affecting the efficiency of wheelchair mobility in individuals with spinal cord injury
Author(s) -
Grzegorz Przysada,
Justyna Wyszyóska,
Mariusz Druźbicki,
Anna Pajda,
Justyna Leszczak,
Justyna PodgórskaBednarz,
Krzysztof Kołodziej
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
postępy rehabilitacji/advances in rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1734-4948
pISSN - 0860-6161
DOI - 10.1515/rehab-2015-0039
Subject(s) - spinal cord injury , wheelchair , medicine , rehabilitation , spinal cord , manual wheelchair , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , psychiatry , world wide web , computer science
Locomotion efficiency levels in individuals with spinal cord injury deal cord injury depend upon the level of spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injury aims to prepare them to function in society in the best possible manner. One of the significant tasks of rehabilitation is to develop the skill of moving in a wheelchair, which becomes the only means of locomotion for most people. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of selected factors such as age, sex, time from the occurrence of the injury, the level of spinal cord injury, participation in Active Rehabilitation camps and the level of physical activity on the efficiency of locomotion in a wheelchair in individuals with spinal cord injury