ABSTRACT

A total of 52 able-bodied participants, 26 females and 26 males, ages 18 to 25 years, completed a randomized controlled study to determine if there is a difference in the success rate and time required to learn the wheelchair wheelie between two different training methods. The results showed that the success rate for each training method both reached 100%. The mean training times for the conventional group and the slant group were 85.96+35.72 and 75.96+25.81 minutes, respectively. Furthermore, no matter what wheelie training method is used, a high retention rate of wheelie skills was found, which implied the wheelie skills associated with implicit memory. This research may help serve as a clinical guide for helping wheelchair users to learn this advanced wheelchair skill.