The dependent transfer of a traveler with disabilities on board an aircraft places the transferors, as well as the traveler, at risk of disabling lower back injury. This risk is increased on board an aircraft due to the confined space in which the transfer takes place. The purpose of the...
Published November 1942. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
A major barrier to air travel for people with disabilities is the general lack of accessible lavatories on board commercial passenger aircraft. A primary reason for this lack of greater accessibility is related to space. To design an airplane lavatory that is accessible, minimizes the risk of injury to both...
Published May 1978. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Seventy-six competitive swimmers from eight swimming
teams were surveyed about swimmer's shoulder symptoms over
the past year, then were placed into symptomatic levels:
nonsymptomatic and symptomatic with the symptomatic sample
divided into moderately and highly symptomatc levels.
Swimmers were videotaped to evaluate maximum body
roll and the simultaneous angle of...
Published December 1962. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
National statistics indicate that over ten thousand persons
each year become disabled from spinal cord-injury. The need for
research in this area is evident.
The objectives of this study were:
1. To determine any relationship between selected attitudes
and activity levels with self-concept;
2. To identify certain demographic variables that...
This investigation was conducted to determine the effectiveness of Personal Achievement Skills (PAS), a structured group psychotherapy approach, on the productivity, social functioning, self-esteem, locus of control, and life satisfaction of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury. Subjects for the study were recruited through disability advocacy organizations, state disability service...