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Subject: E-News: Wheeling & Dealing With Obstacles


Dalhousie Medical School's Wheelchair Skills Program is attracting
global interest for its success in helping people in wheelchairs safely
overcome everyday obstacles. Developed by the Wheelchair Research Team,
the Program is based on over 20 years of Dalhousie research into
wheelchair stability and performance. The team is led by Dr. Lee Kirby,
a professor in the
Medical School's Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and a
physiatrist with Capital Health.

In its studies, the Wheelchair Research Team has found how important the
"wheelie" can be. "A wheelie is not a 'party trick.' Compared to
wheeling around with all four wheels on the ground, doing a wheelie is
like the difference between crawling and walking," Dr. Kirby notes. "If
people can master wheelies, they can more easily negotiate gravel, rough
terrain and curbs that would otherwise block their way. But because only
about four per cent of people in wheelchairs learn to do wheelies on
their own, sk To find out more about the Wheelchair Skills Program and
other research in this field at Dalhousie Medical School, visit

http://communications.medicine.dal.ca/newsroom/release95.htm



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