Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of a Stand-Assisted Electric Wheelchair in Patients with Muscular Dystrophy
- Conditions
- Muscular dystrophy
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000049055
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama National Hospital
- Brief Summary
Most patients were satisfied with the variety of positioning. Since this survey was limited to in-hospital use, evaluating the effectiveness in social life and its efficacy in reducing caregivers' burden was difficult. Some respondents commented that the size and weight of the wheelchair made it difficult to use at home and that it took a particular time to get used to operating it. One person who mishandled the wheelchair suffered a broken toe, but this was not due to a defect in the wheelchair.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 11
Not provided
Patients with intellectual disabilities and are challenged to operate a standing-assistive power wheelchair safely. Patients are considered at high risk for a standing-assistive power wheelchair due to severe heart failure, fatal arrhythmia, spinal deformity, or contracture. Patients who are presumed to be at high risk for a standing-assistive power wheelchair due to active diseases (e.g., pneumonia) Patients whom the principal investigator or principal investigator determines are not appropriate to participate in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Independence and care prevention benefits of the standing-assistive power wheelchair
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Efficacy in Reducing Caregiver Burden Comfortness and physical load reduction effect Safety and ease of function acquisition