Comparing the effectiveness of 3 types of wheelchair skills training
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S141- Other and unspecified injuries ofcervical spinal cordHealth Condition 2: S241- Other and unspecified injuries ofthoracic spinal cordHealth Condition 3: S341- Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/07/055179
- Lead Sponsor
- TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development, IIT Madras
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Participants having lower body widths between 33 and 46 cm
Persons with Spinal Cord Injury requiring a wheelchair for mobility
Fair amount of high sitting balance
High sitting push-up clearance of 2.5 cm
Sitting endurance of 30 minutes
Properly fitted wheelchair
Good higher mental function
Adequate space and different architectures for training
Ankle yielding to neutral by total body weight bearing
At least 100 degrees of bilateral passive knee flexion
At least 100 degrees of bilateral passive hip flexion
Active full ROM against gravity of bilateral elbow, wrist and
shoulders
Skin injuries in any part of the body
Fixed Pelvic Tilt
Fixed Scoliosis
Fixed Kyphosis
Postural Hypotension
Unhealed musculoskeletal injuries
Unhealed fractures
Heart condition exacerbated by physical activity
Visual Impairments
Rapidly progressive medical conditions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wheelchair skills <br/ ><br>Timepoint: The participants wheelchair usage skills will be assessed at baseline (Week 0) and will be assessed again after the intervention period (Week 5) to check efficacy of the intervention on their ability to perform wheelchair skills
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self reported feedbackTimepoint: Will be collected post-intervention, (Week 5) to gain participant feedback on the teaching methods.