Wheelchair charity: A useless benevolence in community-based rehabilitation

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Goutam Mukherjee · All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health

Amalendu Samanta · All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health

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Hand rim-propelled manual WC are unsuitable for outdoor ambulation due to low speed and high physiological demand; they are also of little use indoors as they are difficult to maneuver under the environmental conditions and architectural restraints. So, they should not be recommended without proper assessment of the user's activity level and requirements.

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Spinal Cord Injury Research Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

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Published in: Disability and Rehabilitation

Volume 27, Issue 10, pp. 591-596

DOI: 10.1080/09638280400018387

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Wheelchair charity: A useless benevolence in community-based rehabilitation

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