Effects of Axle Positions on Wheelchair Skills in Manual Wheelchair Users

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Disability
• Interventions: Other: rear axle position; Other: forward axle position

• Registration Number: NCT00949143
• Lead Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of altering the wheelchair set-up on mobility and safety by changing the rear-axle position on a manual wheelchair.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-05
• Study First Submitted: 2009-07-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2009-07-30
• Primary Completion: 2011-02
• Study Completion: 2011-02
• Status Verified: 2011-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 2011-03-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

• manual wheelchair users
• minimum of 17 years of age
• at least one week experience in a manual wheelchair, for at least an hour a day
• alert
• able to answer questions
• able to fit in the testing wheelchairs
• permission to participate from the attending physician

Exclusion Criteria

• significant visual impairments
• unstable medical conditions (e.g., angina)
• emotional/psychological problems that may make testing unpleasant

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
rear position	rear axle position	-
forward position	forward axle position	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wheelchair skills test	30 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre; 🇨🇦 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada