Feasibility of a peer-led, manual wheelchair maintenance skills training programme to improve wheelchair efficiency, and knowledge and confidence about wheelchair maintenance: a pre-post study.

If recruitment and scheduling challenges can be overcome, our data suggested that it is feasible to conduct a larger experimental study to test the efficacy of the programme.Implications for RehabilitationWheelchair maintenance skills are important to help wheelchair users keep their wheelchairs working safely and efficiently.The findings from this study suggest that a peer-led wheelchair maintenance training programme may improve participants' wheelchair maintenance knowledge and maintenance self-confidence.The study also suggests that a peer-led wheelchair maintenance training programme may decrease the rolling resistance of participants' wheelchairs.A larger clinical trial is needed to demonstrate the efficacy of this intervention authoritatively.