Strong For Recommendation
Power wheelchair skills training should be provided to improve ability to use a power wheelchair in people with SCI who are dependent on a power wheelchair for mobility.
| Power wheelchair skills training (v no intervention) on power wheelchair skills in people with SCI who are dependent on a power wheelchair for mobility | |||||||
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| P | People with SCI who are dependent on a power wheelchair for mobility | Evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs | Strong opinion statement FOR Power wheelchair skills training should be provided to improve ability to use a power wheelchair in people with SCI who are dependent on a power wheelchair for mobility. |
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| I | Power wheelchair skills training | ||||||
| C | No intervention | Consensus-based opinion statement Strong for (100%) |
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| O | Power wheelchair mobility | ||||||
The Australian and NZ SCI Physiotherapy guideline committee recommends power wheelchair training to improve power wheelchair mobility in people with SCI.
This is a consensus-based opinion statement supported by the opinions of the experts. There are no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The guideline states:
Power wheelchair skills training should be provided to improve ability to use a power wheelchair in people with SCI who are dependent on a power wheelchair for mobility.
This statement was formed by considering the opinions of the experts alongside other factors. The other factors that were considered were benefits and harms, values and preferences, resource use, equity, accessibility, and feasibility. This is a consensus-based opinion statement. Consensus-based opinion statements are less robust than evidence-based recommendations. They can be strong or weak.
This is a strong consensus-based opinion statement which means that the guideline panel is confident they can recommend power wheelchair skills to improve the ability to use a power wheelchair based on opinion. To learn more about the research related to this intervention go to the clinicians tab on this website.