Table 1 Profile of the Researcher Team (n = 15)

Sex

   Male

6

   Female

9

Expertise with clientele

   Geriatric

5

   Adult

10

Research

   in the laboratory

7

   in an actual environment

8

Type of basic training

   Physiotherapy

6

   Occupational therapy

4

   Physical activity or Exercise science physiology

2

   Social worker

1

   Engineering

1

   Psychology

1

Doctoral education

   Rehabilitation

8

   Neurobiology

2

   Public health

1

   Social work

1

   Exercise science and Exercise physiology and biology

1

   Geriatrics (clinical sciences) or gerontology

2

   Applied human sciences

1

Interest in assistive devices

   walking aids (cane, walker, tripod stick, quadripod stick, crutches)

9

   Wheelchair and motorised mobility aids

2

   GPS and actimetry system

1

   prosthesis

3

Affiliated with

   University de Montreal

4

   University of Sherbrooke

4

Laval University (Quebec City)

McGill University (Montreal)

6

1

Number of years as a researcher (Post-Ph.D)

   1-5 years

4

   6-10 years

5

   11 years and +

6