Understanding wheelchair use in older adults from the National Health and Aging Trends Study

CONCLUSIONS: Current wheelchair users reported more physical difficulties and were much less likely to go outside. This lower outdoor mobility could be due to physical difficulties or potential barriers in physical and socio-cultural environments. In addition, older adults who do not use wheelchairs showed increasing physical problems over time (including balance or coordination problems). Clinicians should consider older wheelchair users' health and physical limitations when prescribing wheelchairs.PMID:37734645 | DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2023.09.006

Source: Health Physics - September 21, 2023 Category: Physics Authors: Qiong Nie Laura A Rice Jacob J Sosnoff Sa Shen Wendy A Rogers Source Type: research