Research Article
Manual Wheelchair Use: Bouts of Mobility in Everyday Life
Table 1
Five studies measuring manual wheelchair use in everyday life.
| Study | Population | Daily distance | Daily time moving | Daily average speed |
| Karmarkar et al. [14] | VA nursing homes | 1.5 km | n/a | 0.48 m/s | Levy et al. [15] | Adults | 1.45 km | n/a | n/a | Tolerico et al. [17] | Athletes | 2.5 km | 48 min | 0.8 m/s | Cooper et al. [13] | Children | 1.6 km | n/a | 0.67 m/s | Oyster et al. [16] | SCI | 1.9 km | 47 min | 0.63 m/s |
| Ranges | — | 1.5–2.5 km | 47.5 min | 0.5–0.8 m/s |
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