Phase 1: wheelchair mobility skill items | Phase 2: selection of relevant items | Phase 3: Pilot testing | |||||||
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Health care professional | Children and their parents | Item selected for phase 3 | Opinion of health care professional | ||||||
Relevant items | Relevant items | Activities | |||||||
Cross the road | Maneuver in crowded place | Maneuver in small rooms | Uneven surfaces | ||||||
1. Propulsion forwarda, b, c, d | 10–50 m | Yes | Yes | x | x | x | x | Yes | Include |
2. Propulsion backwardsa | 5Â m | Yes | Â | Â | x | x | Â | Yes | Include |
3. Rolls on soft surfacea, c | 2Â m (gravel, mat, grass) | Yes | Yes | Â | Â | Â | x | Yes | Include mat, exclude gravel and grass |
4. Turns 90° while moving forwarda | Left | Yes | Yes |  | x | x |  | Yes | Include |
Right | Â | Â | |||||||
5. Turns 90° while moving backwarda | Left | Yes |  |  | x | x |  | Yes | Include |
Right | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
6. Turns 180° in placea | Left | Yes |  |  | x | x |  | Yes | Include |
Right | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
7. Parallel parking/maneuvers sidewaysa | Left | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | No | - |
Right | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||
8. Avoids moving obstaclea | Left | Adapted | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Adapt into sudden stop | Include |
Right | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||||
9. Opening/Closing a doora, c | Open toward | Yes | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Yes | Include |
Open away | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||||
10. Figure-of-8-shapec | Â | Yes | Â | Â | x | x | Â | Yes | Include |
11. Holding a Wheeliea, c | 0–30 s | No | Yes |  |  |  |  | Yes | Include |
12. Propelling in a Wheelie forwardc | 3Â m | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | No | - |
13. Turns 180° in place in wheelie positiona | Left | No |  |  |  |  |  | No | - |
Right | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | - | |||
14. Slope ascenta, c, d | 3–20% | Yes | Yes |  |  |  |  | Yes | Include, adapt scoring |
15. Slope descenta, d | 3–20% | Yes | Yes |  |  |  |  | Yes | Include, adapt scoring |
16. Side Slopea, c | Â | Yes | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Yes | Exclude, material too big |
17. Platform ascendinga, c, d | 2,5–15 cm | Yes | Yese | x |  |  |  | Yes | Include, adapt scoring |
18. Platform descendinga | 2.5–15 cm | Yes | Yese | x |  |  |  | Yes | Include, adapt scoring |
19. Doorstepa, c | 1,2–4 cm | Yes | Yese |  |  |  |  | Yes | Include, adapt scoring |
20. Gets over potholea | 15Â cm | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | No | - |
21. Ascends stairsa | Â | No | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | No | - |
22. Descends stairsa | Â | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | No | - |
New item | Â | Gutter, escalator | Â | Â | sidewalk | No | - |