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Shahla M Hosseini; R Lee Kirby; Michelle L Oyster; Amanda L Harrington; Michael L Boninger
Manual wheelchair skills capacity predicts quality of life and community integration in persons with spinal cord injury.
Peter Inkpen; Kim Parker; R Lee Kirby
Manual wheelchair skills capacity versus performance.
R Lee Kirby
Survey of wheelchair skills tests: making the case for broadening the search and assessment criteria.

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2012: Shahla M Hosseini; R Lee Kirby; Michelle L Oyster; Amanda L Harrington; Michael L Boninger
Manual wheelchair skills capacity predicts quality of life and community integration in persons with spinal cord injury.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2012;93(12):2237-43.
2012: Peter Inkpen; Kim Parker; R Lee Kirby
Manual wheelchair skills capacity versus performance.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2012;93(6):1009-13.
2011: R Lee Kirby
Survey of wheelchair skills tests: making the case for broadening the search and assessment criteria.
Clinical rehabilitation 2011;25(3):287.
2011: R Lee Kirby; Kelsey A Crawford; Cher Smith; Kara J Thompson; Joan M Sargeant
A wheelchair workshop for medical students improves knowledge and skills: a randomized controlled trial.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 2011;90(3):197-206.
2010: R Lee Kirby; Olivier Heimrath; Angela Stewart; Cher Smith; Donald A MacLeod
Effect of respiration on the static rear stability of wheelchairs.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2010;91(6):947-50.
2010: Anita D Mountain; Cher Smith; R Lee Kirby
Are wheelchair-skills assessment and training relevant for long-standing wheelchair users? Two case reports.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology 2010;5(3):230-3.
2010: Anita D Mountain; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod; Kara Thompson
Rates and predictors of manual and powered wheelchair use for persons with stroke: a retrospective study in a Canadian rehabilitation center.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2010;91(4):639-43.
2010: Anita D Mountain; R Lee Kirby; Gail A Eskes; Cher Smith; Hilary Duncan; Donald A MacLeod; Kara Thompson
Ability of people with stroke to learn powered wheelchair skills: a pilot study.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2010;91(4):596-601.
2009: R Lee Kirby; Rebecca Walker; Cher Smith; Krista L Best; Donald A MacLeod; Kara Thompson
Manual wheelchair-handling skills by caregivers using new and conventional rear anti-tip devices: a randomized controlled trial.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2009;90(10):1680-4.
2009: R Lee Kirby; Barbara A Brown; Christina M Connolly; Sarah McRae; Pamela L Phillips
Handling stairs in the seated position for people with unilateral lower-limb amputations.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2009;90(7):1250-3.
2009: Tania R Bruno; R Lee Kirby
Improper use of a transtibial prosthesis silicone liner causing pressure ulceration.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 2009;88(4):264-6.
2008: R Lee Kirby; Sean Bennett; Cher Smith; Kim Parker; Kara Thompson
Wheelchair curb climbing: randomized controlled comparison of highly structured and conventional training methods.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2008;89(12):2342-8.
2008: R Lee Kirby; Blair MacDonald; Cher Smith; Donald A MacLeod; Adam Webber
Comparison between a tilt-in-space wheelchair and a manual wheelchair equipped with a new rear anti-tip device from the perspective of the caregiver.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2008;89(9):1811-5.
2008: R Lee Kirby; Casey G Corkum; Cher Smith; Paula Rushton; Donald A MacLeod; Adam Webber
Comparing performance of manual wheelchair skills using new and conventional rear anti-tip devices: randomized controlled trial.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2008;89(3):480-5.
2008: R Lee Kirby; D Jason Gillis; Alison L Boudreau; Cher Smith; Paula Rushton; Lauren Clark-Gallant; Kim Parker; Adam Webber
Effect of a high-rolling-resistance training method on the success rate and time required to learn the wheelchair wheelie skill: a randomized controlled trial.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 2008;87(3):204-11; quiz 212-4.
2007: James A Adderson; Kim Parker; Donald A MacLeod; R Lee Kirby; Catherine McPhail
Effect of a shock-absorbing pylon on transmission of heel strike forces during the gait of people with unilateral trans-tibial amputations: a pilot study.
Prosthetics and orthotics international 2007;31(4):384-93.
2007: R Lee Kirby; Rory Cooper
Applicability of the Wheelchair Skills Program to the Indian context.
Disability and rehabilitation 2007;29(11-12):969-72.
2006: Sepideh Pooyania; R Lee Kirby; Cher Smith
Wheelchair-related thumb injury of multifactorial etiology: a case report.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2006;87(12):1656-7.
2006: Scott W Worley; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod
Wheeling à petit pas: Parkinsonism detected by observation of wheelchair propulsion.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 2006;85(11):931-4.
2006: Edvin B Koshi; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod; John W Kozey; Kara J Thompson; Kim Parker
The effect of rolling resistance on stationary wheelchair wheelies.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 2006;85(11):899-907.
2006: Krista L Best; R Lee Kirby; Cher Smith; Donald A MacLeod
Comparison between performance with a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair and a manual wheelchair on the Wheelchair Skills Test.
Disability and rehabilitation 2006;28(4):213-20.
2006: R Lee Kirby; Cher Smith; Roxanne Seaman; Donald A MacLeod; Kim Parker
The manual wheelchair wheelie: a review of our current understanding of an important motor skill.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology 2006;1(1-2):119-27.
2005: Krista L Best; R Lee Kirby; Cher Smith; Donald A MacLeod
Wheelchair skills training for community-based manual wheelchair users: a randomized controlled trial.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2005;86(12):2316-23.
2005: R Lee Kirby; Corey D Adams; Angela H Macphee; Anna L Coolen; Edmund R Harrison; Gail A Eskes; Cher Smith; Donald A MacLeod; Debbie J Dupuis
Wheelchair-skill performance: controlled comparison between people with hemiplegia and able-bodied people simulating hemiplegia.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2005;86(3):387-93.
2004: R Lee Kirby; Naomi J Mifflen; Deborah L Thibault; Cher Smith; Krista L Best; Kara J Thompson; Donald A MacLeod
The manual wheelchair-handling skills of caregivers and the effect of training.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2004;85(12):2011-9.
2004: Anna L Coolen; R Lee Kirby; Jennifer Landry; Angela H Macphee; Debbie J Dupuis; Cher Smith; Krista L Best; Diane E Mackenzie; Donald A MacLeod
Wheelchair skills training program for clinicians: a randomized controlled trial with occupational therapy students.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2004;85(7):1160-7.
2004: R Lee Kirby; Debbie J Dupuis; Angela H Macphee; Anna L Coolen; Cher Smith; Krista L Best; Allison M Newton; Anita D Mountain; Donald A MacLeod; James P Bonaparte
The wheelchair skills test (version 2.4): measurement properties.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2004;85(5):794-804.
2004: James P Bonaparte; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod
Learning to perform wheelchair wheelies: comparison of 2 training strategies.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2004;85(5):785-93.
2004: Anita D Mountain; R Lee Kirby; Cher Smith
The wheelchair skills test, version 2.4: Validity of an algorithm-based questionnaire version.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2004;85(3):416-23.
2004: R Lee Kirby; Christine L Fahie; Cher Smith; Emma L Chester; Donald A MacLeod
Neck discomfort of wheelchair users: effect of neck position.
Disability and rehabilitation 2004;26(1):9-15.
2004: Angela H Macphee; R Lee Kirby; Anna L Coolen; Cher Smith; Donald A MacLeod; Debbie J Dupuis
Wheelchair skills training program: A randomized clinical trial of wheelchair users undergoing initial rehabilitation.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2004;85(1):41-50.
2003: H Amy Tsai; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod; Monette M Graham
Aided gait of people with lower-limb amputations: comparison of 4-footed and 2-wheeled walkers.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2003;84(4):584-91.
2002: Allison M Newton; R Lee Kirby; Angela H Macphee; Debbie J Dupuis; Donald A MacLeod
Evaluation of manual wheelchair skills: is objective testing necessary or would subjective estimates suffice?
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2002;83(9):1295-9.
2002: R Lee Kirby; H Y Amy Tsai; Monette M Graham
Ambulation aid use during the rehabilitation of people with lower limb amputations.
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA 2002;14(2):112-7.
2002: R Lee Kirby; Janneke Swuste; Debbie J Dupuis; Donald A MacLeod; Randi Monroe
The Wheelchair Skills Test: a pilot study of a new outcome measure.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2002;83(1):10-8.
2001: C A Hurst; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod
Locomotor-respiratory coupling during axillary crutch ambulation.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 2001;80(11):831-8; quiz 839-41.
2001: E Hanada; R Lee Kirby; M Mitchell; J M Swuste
Measuring leg-length discrepancy by the "iliac crest palpation and book correction" method: reliability and validity.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2001;82(7):938-42.
2001: Angela H Macphee; R Lee Kirby; A C Bell; Donald A MacLeod
The effect of knee-flexion angle on wheelchair turning.
Medical engineering & physics 2001;23(4):275-83.
2001: James P Bonaparte; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod
Proactive balance strategy while maintaining a stationary wheelie.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2001;82(4):475-9.
2001: R Lee Kirby; Cher Smith
Fall during a wheelchair transfer: a case of mismatched brakes.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 2001;80(4):302-4.
2001: R Lee Kirby; JA Lugar; C Breckenridge
New wheelie aid for wheelchairs: controlled trial of safety and efficacy.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2001;82(3):380-90.
2000: M D McInnes; R Lee Kirby; Donald A MacLeod
The contribution of vision to wheelie balance.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2000;81(8):1081-4.
1999: R Lee Kirby; JA Lugar
Spotter strap for the prevention of wheelchair tipping.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1999;80(10):1354-6.
1999: C A Short; Colleen M O'Connell; R Lee Kirby; J J de Saint-Sardos; C A Reid
Prostheses for persons with lower-limb amputations: an extra joint increases range of motion.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1999;80(7):854-6.
1999: R Lee Kirby; C E Little; Donald A MacLeod
Walker inlet-closure strap for unsteady patients with lower-extremity amputations.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1999;80(6):725-7.
1999: R Lee Kirby; Karen D Ethans; R E Duggan; L A Saunders-Green; JA Lugar; Edmund R Harrison
Wheelchair propulsion: descriptive comparison of hemiplegic and two-hand patterns during selected activities.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1999;78(2):131-5.
1999: R Lee Kirby; Debbie J Dupuis
Clinical measurement of the static rear stability of occupied wheelchairs.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1999;80(2):199-205.
1998: P G Woolfrey; R Lee Kirby
Ergonomics in rehabilitation: a comparison of two methods of moving an empty manual wheelchair short distances.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1998;79(8):955-8.
1998: P G Woolfrey; R Lee Kirby
Hypodermic needles in the neuropathic foot of a patient with diabetes.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 1998;158(6):765-7.
1997: Karen D Ethans; R Lee Kirby; J A Adderson
Transtibial prosthesis for a patient with Kaposi's sarcoma lesions on the residual limb.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1997;78(1):106-8.
1997: G Trudel; R Lee Kirby; Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz; Susan A Kirkland
Effects of rear-wheel camber on wheelchair stability.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1997;78(1):78-81.
1996: R Lee Kirby; M DiPersio; D MacLeod
Wheelchair safety: effect of locking or grasping the rear wheels during a rear tip.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1996;77(12):1266-70.
1996: R Lee Kirby; B D Ashton; S A Ackroyd-Stolarz; D A MacLeod
Adding loads to occupied wheelchairs: effect on static rear and forward stability.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1996;77(2):183-6.
1995: R Lee Kirby; S G Coughlan; M Christie
Could changes in the wheelchair delivery system improve safety?
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 1995;153(11):1585-91.
1995: R Lee Kirby; M T Sampson; F A Thoren; D A MacLeod
Wheelchair stability: effect of body position.
Journal of rehabilitation research and development 1995;32(4):367-72.
1995: R Lee Kirby; S A Ackroyd-Stolarz
Wheelchair safety--adverse reports to the United States Food and Drug Administration.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1995;74(4):308-12.
1995: P M Charron; R Lee Kirby; D A MacLeod
Epidemiology of walker-related injuries and deaths in the United States.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1995;74(3):237-9.
1995: G Trudel; R Lee Kirby; A C Bell
Mechanical effects of rear-wheel camber on wheelchairs.
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA 1995;7(2):79-86.
1995: S G Coughlan; R Lee Kirby; M Christie
The learned intermediary doctrine and prescription wheelchairs.
Health law in Canada 1995;15(3):65-71.
1994: R Lee Kirby; S A Ackroyd-Stolarz; M G Brown; Susan A Kirkland; D A MacLeod
Wheelchair-related accidents caused by tips and falls among noninstitutionalized users of manually propelled wheelchairs in Nova Scotia.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1994;73(5):319-30.
1994: S Ummat; R Lee Kirby
Nonfatal wheelchair-related accidents reported to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1994;73(3):163-7.
1994: R Lee Kirby; F A Thoren; B D Ashton; S A Ackroyd-Stolarz
Wheelchair stability and maneuverability: effect of varying the horizontal and vertical position of a rear-antitip device.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1994;75(5):525-34.
1994: R Lee Kirby
Priorities and rehabilitation research. Commentary.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1994;73(1):56-7.
1993: J E Donville; R Lee Kirby; T J Doherty; S K Gupta; B J Eastwood; D A MacLeod
Effect of cardiac-locomotor coupling on the metabolic efficiency of pedalling.
Canadian journal of applied physiology = Revue canadienne de physiologie appliquée 1993;18(4):379-91.
1993: Natalie A Phillips; CC Mate-Kole; R Lee Kirby
Neuropsychological function in peripheral vascular disease amputee patients.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1993;74(12):1309-14.
1993: G G Majaess; R Lee Kirby; S A Ackroyd-Stolarz; P B Charlebois
Influence of seat position on the static and dynamic forward and rear stability of occupied wheelchairs.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1993;74(9):977-82.
1993: J J Milczarek; R Lee Kirby; E R Harrison; D A MacLeod
Standard and four-footed canes: their effect on the standing balance of patients with hemiparesis.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1993;74(3):281-5.
1992: M L MacDonald; R Lee Kirby; S T Nugent; D A MacLeod
Locomotor-respiratory coupling during wheelchair propulsion.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 1992;72(4):1375-9.
1992: R Lee Kirby; S M Atkinson; J E Donville; M F Urdang; D A Stanley; S K Gupta; D A MacLeod
Failure of accentuated vertical body movements to induce cardiac-locomotor coupling.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 1992;72(4):1368-74.
1992: R Lee Kirby; A D McLean; B J Eastwood
Influence of caster diameter on the static and dynamic forward stability of occupied wheelchairs.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1992;73(1):73-7.
1991: Patrick J Potter; R Lee Kirby
Relationship between electromyographic activity of the vastus lateralis while standing and the extent of bilateral simulated knee-flexion contractures.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1991;70(6):301-5.
1991: B M Joyce; R Lee Kirby
Canes, crutches and walkers.
American family physician 1991;43(2):535-42.
1990: C J Calder; R Lee Kirby
Fatal wheelchair-related accidents in the United States.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1990;69(4):184-90.
1990: Patrick J Potter; R Lee Kirby; D A MacLeod
The effects of simulated knee-flexion contractures on standing balance.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1990;69(3):144-7.
1990: R Lee Kirby; V R Chari
Prostheses and the forward reach of sitting lower-limb amputees.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1990;71(2):125-7.
1990: R Lee Kirby; A D McLean
Preventing occupied wheelchairs from falling down stairs.
Journal of rehabilitation research and development 1990;27(1):27-32.
1989: R Lee Kirby; S M Atkinson; E A MacKay
Static and dynamic forward stability of occupied wheelchairs: influence of elevated footrests and forward stabilizers.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1989;70(9):681-6.
1989: R Lee Kirby; D A MacLeod; A E Marble
Coupling between cardiac and locomotor rhythms: the phase lag between heart beats and pedal thrusts.
Angiology 1989;40(7):620-5.
1989: R Lee Kirby; D A Kumbhare; D A MacLeod
"Bedside" test of static rear stability of occupied wheelchairs.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1989;70(3):241-4.
1989: R Lee Kirby
Excellence in rehabilitation through research. Commentary.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 1989;68(1):43-4.
1989: R Lee Kirby; S T Nugent; R W Marlow; D A MacLeod; A E Marble
Coupling of cardiac and locomotor rhythms.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 1989;66(1):323-9.
1988: R Lee Kirby; R W Marlow; D A MacLeod; A E Marble
The effect of locomotion speed on the anterior tibial intramuscular pressure of normal humans.
Journal of biomechanics 1988;21(5):357-60.
1988: S J Fleckenstein; R Lee Kirby; D A MacLeod
Effect of limited knee-flexion range on peak hip moments of force while transferring from sitting to standing.
Journal of biomechanics 1988;21(11):915-8.
1987: R Lee Kirby
The GPEP report on undergraduate medical education. Implications for rehabilitation medicine. Association of American Medical Colleges, panel on the General Professional Education of the Physician.
American journal of physical medicine 1987;66(4):184-91.
1987: R Lee Kirby; R W Marlow
Reliability of walking endurance with an incremental treadmill test.
Angiology 1987;38(7):524-9.
1986: V R Chari; R Lee Kirby
Lower-limb influence on sitting balance while reaching forward.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1986;67(10):730-3.