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Power Mobility: Evidence Based Practice


References and Evidence-Based Reviews
  1. Sunny Hill Evidence for Practice (E4P) Reviews: Power Mobility
  2. Power mobility and Power wheelchairs for children
  3. RESNA Position on the Application of Power Wheelchairs for Pediatric Users (PDF)
  4. Evidence and outcomes for power mobility intervention with young children (PDF)
  5. Beginning Power Mobility - Research Summary

 

 Search HubMed for Emerging Evidence

  1. Pediatric Power Mobility

 

Critically Appraised Topics

  1. What evidence exists that the use of a powered wheelchair improves role performance in clients with a physical disability (PDF)

Published Full Text Articles

  1. A Review of Evidence on Practices for Teaching Young Children to Use Assistive Technology Devices Philippa H. Campbell, Suzanne Milbourne, Lauren M. Dugan, and M. Jeanne Wilcox Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, Spring 2006; vol. 26, 1: pp. 3-13. (PDF)
  2. Power Mobility Training for a 7-Month-Old Infant with Spina Bifida Lynch, Amy PhD; Ryu, Ji-Chul PhD; Agrawal, Sunil PhD; Galloway, James C. PT, PhD Pediatric Physical Therapy: Winter 2009 - Volume 21 - Issue 4 - pp 362-368 doi: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181bfae4c Case Report  (PDF)
  3. Babies driving robots: self-generated mobility in very young infants James C. (Cole) Galloway, Ji-Chul Ryu and Sunil K. Agrawal From the issue entitled "Special issue on multidisciplinary collaboration for socially assistive robotics"  PDF)
  4. Use of Power Mobility for a Young Child With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Maria A Jones, Irene R McEwen and Laura Hansen Physical Therapy March 2003 vol. 83 no. 3 253-262
  5. Commentary on Charlene Butler’s 1986 research in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology  (PDF)
  6. Nilsson, L. & Nyberg, P. (1999). Single-Switch Control Versus Powered Wheelchair for Training Cause-Effect Relationships. Technology and Disability, 10,  Page 1 (PDF), Page 2 (PDF), Page 3 (PDF), Page 4 (PDF).

Professionals - websites

  1. Driving to Learn - research and development on disability (Html)
  2. Developing Powered Mobility with Children who have Multiple & Complex Disabilities: “Moving Forward” (Josephine Durkin)

On-line articles and Conference presentations

  1. Beginning Power Mobility Therapist (Power Point Presentation)
  2. Karen Kangas - Power mobility training for children with complex needs (Html)
  3. Nilsson, L. (1996). What can be achieved by training in a powered wheelchair? A study of two multihandicapped preschool children. Masters thesis. Lund University, Department of community health sciences Dalby/Lund (PDF)