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Wheelchair outcome measurement instruments for children: a scoping review

Haidar Tafner Curi1, Eliana Chaves Ferretti2, Patrícia Coelho de Soárez1

  • 1Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology
|September 12, 2025
PubMed

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This review maps wheelchair outcome measures for children, finding most focus on manual wheelchair propulsion. Key areas like responsiveness and intra-rater reliability need more research for better clinical practice.

Area of Science:

  • Rehabilitation research
  • Pediatric assistive technology
  • Measurement science

Background:

  • Outcome measurement instruments are crucial for evaluating wheelchair interventions in children.
  • A comprehensive understanding of existing instruments is needed to guide research and clinical practice.
  • Previous reviews have not systematically mapped the landscape of wheelchair outcome measures for pediatric users.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a scoping review to explore and map wheelchair outcome measurement instruments used for children.
  • To identify the characteristics and psychometric properties of these instruments.
  • To highlight gaps in the current literature regarding pediatric wheelchair outcome measurement.

Main Methods:

  • A scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology.
  • Inclusion of children (≤18 years) who use manual or motorized wheelchairs.
  • Systematic search of nine electronic databases and grey literature, with descriptive analysis of extracted data.

Main Results:

  • 33 instruments across 27 studies were identified, predominantly for manual wheelchair users.
  • Performance-based outcomes and construct validity/test-retest reliability were most frequently assessed.
  • Responsiveness and intra-rater reliability were least reported psychometric properties.

Conclusions:

  • Current wheelchair outcome measures for children primarily target manual wheelchair users and propulsion performance.
  • There is a significant underreporting of responsiveness and intra-rater reliability, indicating a need for future research.
  • Standardized methodologies and detailed reporting are essential for advancing pediatric wheelchair research and clinical application.
Abstract

Keywords:
Disabled childrenassistive technologyoutcome assessmentreviewwheelchairs

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