Independent Wheelchair Transfers in the Built Environment: How Transfer Setup Impacts Performance Phase 2: Final Report
Self-Reported Disability Types Demographics
A wide variety of disabilities were reported in the study. A detailed list of the self-reported disabilities can be seen in Table 5 as well as the number of participants with each type of disability and what percentage of the sample they make up.
Table 5. Participants type of self-reported disability for the study population
| Disability |
Number of Participants |
|
Spinal cord injury |
35 (48%) |
|
Multiple sclerosis |
5 (7%) |
|
Cerebral Palsy |
2 (3%) |
|
Lower extremity amputation |
3 (4%) |
|
Spinal bifida |
8 (11%) |
|
Multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury |
4 (6%) |
|
Osteogenesis imperfect |
2 (3%) |
|
Muscular Dystrophy |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Rheumatoid arthritis |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Traumatic brain injury |
3 (4%) |
|
Stroke |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Ambulatory Dysfunction |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Double lower extremity amputation and stroke |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Adreno/Eukodystrophy |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Cardiac complications |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS) |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Side effects of liver disease |
1 (1.27%) |
|
Thrombocytopenia with absent radius (TAR Syndrome) |
1 (1.27%) |
|
SCI + Amputee |
1 (1.27%) |
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