Wheelchair Handling Skills of Caregivers: Comparison Between Anti-tip Devices and a New Design
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Registration Number
- NCT00377533
- Lead Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- 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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 32
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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wheelchair Skills Test day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
QEII Health Science Centre
🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
QEII Health Science Centre🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada