NCT00377533
Completed
Not Applicable
Wheelchair Handling Skills of Caregivers: Comparison Between Conventional Rear Anti-tip Devices and a New Design
ConditionsHealthy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Enrollment
- 32
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Wheelchair Skills Test
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 16 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Currently available wheelchairs are often fitted with conventional rear anti-tip devices (C-RADs) to prevent wheelchair rear tips. The limitations of C-RADs have provided an incentive for the design of rear anti-tip devices that permit more rear tip without compromising safety (Arc-RADs).
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that caregivers handling occupied wheelchairs equipped with Arc-RADs have higher success rates on RAD-relevant skills than caregivers handling wheelchairs equipped with C-RADs.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •18 years of age or older
- •alert, able and willing to follow instructions
- •wheelchair users: patients at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
- •wheelchair users:permission of physician to participate in the study
- •caregiver:must provide at least part-time wheelchair-handling care for the wheelchair user in this study, a minimum of one hour per week on average
Exclusion Criteria
- •wheelchair users:suffer from any unstable medical, emotional, or physiological conditions that may interfere with participation
- •caregivers:medical condition of their upper limbs, heart or lungs that might cause them discomfort or endanger them when pushing or pulling an occupied wheelchair
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Wheelchair Skills Test
Time Frame: day
Study Sites (1)
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