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Dr. Best studied how adults living in the community use their wheelchairs. She contributed to our understanding of the challenges of using a wheelchair, and why improved wheelchair skills and confidence are important for achieving successful wheelchair use. Her findings support a new rehabilitative approach that may benefit adult wheelchair users.
A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD) - graduated in 2015