Choosing a wheelchair : a guide for optimal independence
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23532
Karp, Gary.
--Sebastopol, CA:
O'Reilly
, 1998.
- Call Number
- WB 320 K18c 1998
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 K18c 1998
- Author
- Karp, Gary
- Place of Publication
- Sebastopol, CA
- Publisher
- O'Reilly
- Date of Publication
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 180 p.
- ISBN
- 1565924118
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Ergonomics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Devices for mobility and manipulation for people with reduced abilities
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33135
by Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho, Dinesh Kumar, Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan.
--Boca Raton, FL:
Taylor and Francis
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Exploring the details of mobility and manipulative technologies, this volume provides insight into current research trends and discusses technologies that are under development. Each chapter covers one specific technology, starting with a general introduction, followed by technical details and an assessment from the user viewpoint including the user benefits, user suitability, cost, reliability, and required infrastructure. Each chapter also provides illustrations or photographs of the devices…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Kumar, Dinesh
- Poosapadi Arjunan, Sridhar
- Responsibility
- by Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho, Dinesh Kumar, Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 206 p.)
- Series Title
- Rehabilitation science in practice series
- ISBN
- 9781466586475 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Artificial Limbs
- Walkers
- Wheelchairs
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Self-help devices for people with disabilities
- Electric wheelchairs - Automatic control
- People with disabilities - Orientation and mobility
- Rehabilitation technology
- Self-Help Devices
- Disabled Persons
- Abstract
- Exploring the details of mobility and manipulative technologies, this volume provides insight into current research trends and discusses technologies that are under development. Each chapter covers one specific technology, starting with a general introduction, followed by technical details and an assessment from the user viewpoint including the user benefits, user suitability, cost, reliability, and required infrastructure. Each chapter also provides illustrations or photographs of the devices, making it accessible to lay and clinical audiences. The book also identifies shortcomings, current research related to the technology, and possible development opportunities"--Provided by publisher.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Getting a wheelchair or scooter : outpatient occupational therapy Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arhritis Centre
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35663
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Occupational Therapy Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1650
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This pamphlet explains how Occupational Therapy Services can help you to review, prescribe, and choose a wheelchair or scooter. It also explains what to expect as you have different appointments, including an assessment (review of your needs), a trial (to try out a wheelchair or scooter that is close to what is right for you), completing your wheelchair or scooter prescription, wheelchair or scooter set-up, and wheelchair skills training. Information about the cost of Occupational Therapy Servi…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Self-Help Devices
- Wheelchairs
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Self-help devices for people with disabilities
- Wheelchairs
- Motor scooters
- Specialty
- Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
- Abstract
- This pamphlet explains how Occupational Therapy Services can help you to review, prescribe, and choose a wheelchair or scooter. It also explains what to expect as you have different appointments, including an assessment (review of your needs), a trial (to try out a wheelchair or scooter that is close to what is right for you), completing your wheelchair or scooter prescription, wheelchair or scooter set-up, and wheelchair skills training. Information about the cost of Occupational Therapy Services, the cost of a wheelchair or scooter, and what to do if your wheelchair or scooter needs maintenance and/or repair is included. Contact information for Occupational Therapy Services is given.
- Notes
- Previous title: Getting a wheelchair or scooter : outpatient occupational therapy services at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Occupational Therapy Services, Central Zone
- Pamphlet Number
- 1650
Physical activities in the wheelchair and out : an illustrated guide to personalizing participation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33150
E. Ann Davis.
--Champaign, IL:
Human Kinetics
, c2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
"Physical Activities In the Wheelchair and Out" is an illustrated book of games, skills, and activities for individuals with severe or multiple disabilities who may or may not use wheelchairs. The book can also be used with students who have normal developmental skills. By suggesting ways that many familiar skills, games, and activities might be performed, Physical Activities In the Wheelchair and Out offers opportunities for those with mobility challenges and disabilities to participate on the…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Davis, E. Ann
- Responsibility
- E. Ann Davis
- Place of Publication
- Champaign, IL
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 123 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781450401999
- 9781450488600 (electronic bk.)
- 9781450434775 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Students with disabilities - Education - United States - Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Chlidren with disabilities - Orientation and mobility - United States - Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Teaching - United States - Aids and devices - Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Activity programs in education - United States - Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Wheelchairs
- Notes
- "Featuring 453 skills and activities"--Cover.
- Abstract
- "Physical Activities In the Wheelchair and Out" is an illustrated book of games, skills, and activities for individuals with severe or multiple disabilities who may or may not use wheelchairs. The book can also be used with students who have normal developmental skills. By suggesting ways that many familiar skills, games, and activities might be performed, Physical Activities In the Wheelchair and Out offers opportunities for those with mobility challenges and disabilities to participate on their own terms." -- from publisher's website.
- Contents
- Body awareness -- Drop -- Push -- Toss -- Throw -- Kick -- Catch -- Strike -- Odds and ends -- Games.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Physical rehabilitation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33132
O'Sullivan, Susan B.
(6th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
F.A. Davis
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- O'Sullivan, Susan B
- Other Authors
- Fulk, George D.
- Schmitz, Thomas J.
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- F.A. Davis
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (1354 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780803625792
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Disability Evaluation
- Orthopedic equipment
- Physical Examination
- Wheelchairs
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Seating and wheeled mobility : a clinical resource guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42356
[edited by] Michelle L. Lange, Jean L. Minkel.
--Thorofare, NJ:
SLACK Inc.
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide presents clinical assessment considerations when working with a person with a disability who may need wheelchair seating for postural support, skin integrity, or a wheelchair base to best meet dependent or independent mobility needs. Michelle L. Lange and Jean Minkel have designed this text to support occupational and physical therapists, complex rehabilitation technology suppliers, and even third-party payers who are interested in wheelc…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Lange, Michelle L.
- Responsibility
- [edited by] Michelle L. Lange, Jean L. Minkel.
- Alternate Title
- Seating & wheeled mobility
- Place of Publication
- Thorofare, NJ
- Publisher
- SLACK Inc.
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 420 p.
- ISBN
- 9781630913960
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disability Evaluation
- Disabled Persons - rehabilitation
- Equipment Design
- Posture
- Pressure ulcer - prevention and control
- Wheelchairs
- Specialty
- Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Abstract
- Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide presents clinical assessment considerations when working with a person with a disability who may need wheelchair seating for postural support, skin integrity, or a wheelchair base to best meet dependent or independent mobility needs. Michelle L. Lange and Jean Minkel have designed this text to support occupational and physical therapists, complex rehabilitation technology suppliers, and even third-party payers who are interested in wheelchair seating and mobility assessment and applications.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Special seating : an illustrated guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26039
Jean Anne Zollars.
(Rev. ed.)
--Albuquerque, NM:
Prickly Pear Pub.
, 2010.
- Call Number
- WB 320 Z86s 2010
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 Z86s 2010
- Author
- Zollars, Jean Anne
- Responsibility
- Jean Anne Zollars
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, NM
- Publisher
- Prickly Pear Pub.
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 373 p.
- ISBN
- 9781450737357
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Disabled Persons
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Special seating : an illustrated guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26040
Jean Anne Zollars.
(Rev. ed.)
--Albuquerque, NM:
Prickly Pear Pub.
, 2010.
- Call Number
- WB 320 Z86s 2010 REF
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WB 320 Z86s 2010 REF
- Author
- Zollars, Jean Anne
- Responsibility
- Jean Anne Zollars
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, NM
- Publisher
- Prickly Pear Pub.
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 373 p.
- ISBN
- 9781450737357
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Disabled Persons
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Loan Period
- In Library use
Using a wheelchair
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23529
Royston, Angela.
--Chicago, IL:
Heinemann Library
, 2005.
- Call Number
- WB 320 R892u 2005
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 R892u 2005
- Author
- Royston, Angela
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Publisher
- Heinemann Library
- Date of Publication
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 32 p.
- Series Title
- What's it like
- ISBN
- 9781403458537
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs - Juvenile Literature
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The wheelchair evaluation : a clinician's guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33151
Mitchell Batavia.
(2nd ed.)
--Sudbury, MA:
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Batavia, Mitch
- Responsibility
- Mitchell Batavia
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Sudbury, MA
- Publisher
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 276 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780763761721
- 9781449618230 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Disability Evaluation
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Ergonomics
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Wheelchairs - Evaluation
- Medical history taking
- Orthopedic disability evaluation
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Medical History Taking - methods
- Contents
- Patient history -- Clinical examination -- Functional examination -- The wheelchair: an introduction -- The mobility base -- Seating system and wheelchair components -- Ethical issues -- Funding -- Documentation -- Fitting, training, and dispensing the wheelchair.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Wheelchair selection and configuration
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23531
Cooper, Rory A.
--New York, NY:
Demos Medical Pub.
, 1998.
- Call Number
- WB 320 C778w 1998
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 C778w 1998
- Author
- Cooper, Rory A
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Demos Medical Pub.
- Date of Publication
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 410 p.
- ISBN
- 1888799188
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Ergonomics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Wheelchair skills assessment and training
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38654
R. Lee Kirby.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, c2017.
- Call Number
- WB 320 K58w 2017
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 K58w 2017
- Author
- Kirby, R. Lee
- Responsibility
- R. Lee Kirby
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- xxv, 416 pages
- Series Title
- Rehabilitation science in practice series
- ISBN
- 9781498738811
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Disabled Persons - rehabilitation
- Motor Skills
- Disability Evaluation
- Patient Education as Topic - methods
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care - methods
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Wheelchair sport : a complete guide for athletes, coaches, and teachers
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33149
Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, editor.
--Champaign, IL:
Human Kinetics
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This text is a complete resource for all athletes, teachers or coaches involved in wheelchair sport. The book contains key information on choosing your sport, optimizing chair set-up, training programmes for every level of experience and skill, and much more.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Goosey-Tolfrey, Vicky
- Responsibility
- Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, editor
- Place of Publication
- Champaign, IL
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages)
- ISBN
- 9780736086769
- 9781450489737 (electronic bk.)
- 9781450452731 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Wheelchair sports
- Sports
- Wheelchairs
- Abstract
- This text is a complete resource for all athletes, teachers or coaches involved in wheelchair sport. The book contains key information on choosing your sport, optimizing chair set-up, training programmes for every level of experience and skill, and much more.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Understanding wheelchair sport -- Introduction to wheelchair sport -- Sport chair set-up and selection -- Physiology of wheelchair sport -- Strength and conditioning for wheelchair sport -- Nutrition and body composition -- The travelling athlete -- Psychological aspects of wheelchair sport -- Pt. 2. Training for wheelchair sports -- Wheelchair basketball -- Wheelchair racing -- Wheelchair rugby -- Wheelchair tennis -- Handcycling.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Wheelchair users and postural seating : a clinical approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24027
Ham, Rosalind.
--New York, NY:
Churchill Livingstone
, 1998.
- Call Number
- WB 320 H198w 1998
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 H198w 1998
- Author
- Ham, Rosalind
- Other Authors
- Aldersea, Patsy
- Porter, David
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Churchill Livingstone
- Date of Publication
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 318 p.
- ISBN
- 044305472X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Posture - physiology
- Wheelchairs
- Ergonomics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
