Hello people who recreationally browse academic papers, I need some help
I would like to find studies, of any quality, that either confirm or disprove the claim often made by doctors that “using a [mobility device] makes you sicker”
(where [mobility device] is usually a wheelchair, but this is also often said about a cane, rollator, what have you.)
Doctors often argue this to discourage patients from using any sort of mobility device, claiming it deconditions you and if you start using a wheelchair to get to places that you cannot get to without a wheelchair you will end up being stuck in bed.
This makes absolutely no sense, and I’m fairly certain it’s usually mixing up cause and effect. (Because, you know, people currently in the process of getting sicker will start to use mobility devices but will continue getting sicker.)
I’m not great at knowing what keywords to use to find relevant studies and so far I have found 0. I mean I wouldn’t be surprised if there were 0 because the entire claim makes no sense from the start. But maybe there’s something that I could have my fun picking apart but I’m just too incompetent to find it?