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Table 6 Selected items of the Utrecht Pediatric Wheelchair Mobility Skills Test after phase 3

From: Development of a wheelchair mobility skills test for children and adolescents: combining evidence with clinical expertise

Utrecht Pediatric Wheelchair Mobility Skills Test

Outcome parameter

Ability

Time

1. Propulsion forwarda, b, c, d

10 m

Yes/No

Seconds

2. Propulsion backwardsa

5 m

Yes/No

Seconds

3. Rolls on soft surface (mat)a, c

2 m

Yes/No

Seconds

4. Turns 90° while moving forwarda

Left

Yes/No

Seconds

Right

Yes/No

Seconds

5. Turns 90° while moving backwarda

Left

Yes/No

Seconds

Right

Yes/No

Seconds

6. Turns 180° in placea

Left

Yes/No

Seconds

Right

Yes/No

Seconds

7. Sudden stop

  

Seconds

8. Opening/Closing a doora, c

Open toward

Yes/No

Seconds

Open away

Yes/No

Seconds

9. Figure-of-8-shapec

 

Yes/No

Seconds

10. Holding a Wheeliea, c

30 s

Yes/No

Seconds

11. Slope ascenta, c, d

20%

Yes/No

Seconds

12. Slope descenta, d

20%

Yes/No

Seconds

13. Platform ascendinga, c, d

5,10 cm

Yes/No

Seconds

14. Platform descendinga

5,10 cm

Yes/No

Seconds

15. Doorstepa, c

2 cm

Yes/No

Seconds

  1. aWheelchair Skills Test, bWheelchair Propulsion Test, cWheelchair Circuit, d5 Additional Mobility and Locomotor items