[Psychometric properties of observational instruments to evaluate wheelchair skills in persons with a spinal cord injury: A systematic review]. / Propiedades psicométricas de instrumentos observacionales para evaluar habilidades en silla de ruedas en sujetos con lesión medular espinal: revisión sistemática.

ABSTRACT

A total of 60% of people with a spinal cord injury are completely dependent on a wheelchair. There is a wide variety of instruments that assess wheelchair skills, but they are not specific for this population. OBJECTIVE: To identify, assess, compare and summarize the psychometric properties of instruments that assess wheelchair skills in persons with a spinal cord injury. A systematic review was conducted and observational instruments were included that assessed wheelchair skills in persons with spinal cord injury. Eleven articles were identified that evaluated eight instruments. Most of them reported activities according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Reliability was the most frequently evaluated psychometric property. The Queensland Evaluation of Wheelchair Skills and the Adapted Manual Wheelchair Circuit had the best degrees of confidence in the evidence, and their application could guide the selection of pertinent therapeutic strategies. PROSPERO registration CRD42020161430.