@article{ref1,
title="Promoting independence in adolescent paraplegics: a 2-week "camping" experience",
journal="Journal of pediatric orthopedics",
year="1986",
author="Bodzioch, J. and Roach, J. W. and Schkade, J.",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="198-201",
abstract="In the summer of 1982, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.) sponsored a camp for paraplegic adolescents. Six patients, three boys and three girls 14-17 years of age, participated in a 2-week program that was designed to improve their self-esteem, independence, and eventual employability. In their pre- and postcamp psychological evaluations, the campers demonstrated improvement in social skills and self-concept testing as compared with the scores of a matched control group, although this improvement did not reach statistical significance. We believe the camp was immensely successful, an opinion that was shared by both the campers and their parents.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-6798",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}