Effect of Wheelchair Skill Training on Concern of Falling and Self-Confidence in Using a Wheelchair During Various Activities Among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Undergoing Rehabilitatio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G958- Other specified diseases of spinalcord
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/11/059492
- Lead Sponsor
- Chitra Kataria
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Inclusion Criteria
Spinal Cord injury - paraplegics (AIS A to C, level of injury below T1) .
Medically Stable.
Not more than 1 year since injury, undergoing conventional rehabilitation.
Ability to maintain unsupported sitting position for 30 sec.
Using wheelchair as a primary mode of mobility.
Subjects who can read and understand English or Hindi.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects with diagnosed neurological/psychiatric problems that might impair learning.
Having upper limb pain/injury/ deformity limiting wheelchair mobility.
Subjects with unhealed pressure sores.
BMI > 30 , would hinder Wheelchair mobility.
Subjects with hearing/ visual impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wheelchair Skills Test (WST)Timepoint: WST on day 0 and again after completion at 4 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Spinal cord injury- fall concern scale ( SCI-FCS) <br/ ><br>Self efficacy in wheeled mobility (SEWM)Timepoint: SCI FCS, SEWM on day 0 and again after completion at 4 weeks