Wheelchair standards: it's all about quality assurance and evidence-based practice

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¹ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, Bioengineering and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. rcooper@pitt.edu

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Rory A Cooper. J Spinal Cord Med. 2006.

. 2006;29(2):93-4.

doi: 10.1080/10790268.2006.11753862.

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, Bioengineering and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. rcooper@pitt.edu

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Preventable wheelchair-related thermal injury.
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