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This study investigated the relationship between quality—adjustability, thus capacity to customize—manual and power wheelchairs and health-related Quality of Life, as measured by the SF-36V. Using a retrospective design, Veterans Administration databases were merged to create a data set of 61,428 veterans who received a wheelchair. ANCOVA, ANOVA and logistic regressions were used to analyze data. Results suggest, when adjusting for clinical and demographic factors, veterans who received higher-quality manual wheelchairs had significantly lower physical function and significantly higher mental function, general health, and mental component summary scores than veterans who received nonadjustable, depot chairs.
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Winkler et al. (2008) studied this question.
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