Effect of Travel Direction, Body Position and Technique on the Ease of a Caregiver Getting an Occupied Wheelchair Over a Soft Surface: a Randomized Crossover Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Time taken to perform task
研究概览
简要总结
Wheelchair skills training is an important step in the wheelchair provision process. Caregivers play an important role in the lives of wheelchair users but very little is known about wheelchair skills training for caregivers. The goal of the study is to understand the effect of wheelchair travel direction, wheelchair occupant body position and technique used by caregivers on the ease of getting an occupied wheelchair over a soft surface.
详细描述
Able bodied participants will be used to simulate caregivers and wheelchair occupants. Participants simulating caregivers will be asked to move the occupied wheelchair over a 5 m soft surface. Participants will be randomly assigned a direction to move the wheelchair (forward or backwards), wheelchair occupant body position (upright or leaning forward) and technique in moving the wheelchair (upright with all 4 wheels on ground or in a wheelie position with the wheelchair tipped backwards and balanced on the rear wheels). The ease of getting the occupied wheelchair over the soft surface will be evaluated by the amount of time taken to complete the task, how well the participant completed the task and the ease of performing the task as evaluated by the participant.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
The participants will be blinded to the expected differences among the test conditions and asked not to discuss their experiences with other potential participants.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •able to communicate in English,
- •alert, cooperative, and competent to provide informed consent,
- •willing to participate (as evidenced by attending the single data-collection session), and
- •have no physical impairments that would prevent their being able to push and pull a wheelchair over a soft surface
排除标准
- •have unstable medical conditions that might make the handling of a manual wheelchair dangerous, or emotional problems that might make participation unsafe or unpleasant.
研究组 & 干预措施
Upright wheelchair forward and occupant upright
Participant will push an upright wheelchair forward over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position. The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair forward direction (Other)
Upright wheelchair forward and occupant upright
Participant will push an upright wheelchair forward over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position. The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Upright technique (Other)
Upright wheelchair forward and occupant upright
Participant will push an upright wheelchair forward over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position. The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair occupant upright body position (Other)
Upright wheelchair backward and occupant upright
Participant will pull an upright wheelchair backwards over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position. The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair backward direction (Other)
Upright wheelchair backward and occupant upright
Participant will pull an upright wheelchair backwards over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position. The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Upright technique (Other)
Upright wheelchair backward and occupant upright
Participant will pull an upright wheelchair backwards over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position. The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair occupant upright body position (Other)
Wheelie wheelchair forward and occupant upright
Participant will push a wheelchair using the wheelie technique forward over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position.The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair forward direction (Other)
Wheelie wheelchair forward and occupant upright
Participant will push a wheelchair using the wheelie technique forward over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position.The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelie technique (Other)
Wheelie wheelchair forward and occupant upright
Participant will push a wheelchair using the wheelie technique forward over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position.The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair occupant upright body position (Other)
Wheelie wheelchair backward and occupant upright
Participant will pull a wheelchair using the wheelie technique backwards over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position.The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair backward direction (Other)
Wheelie wheelchair backward and occupant upright
Participant will pull a wheelchair using the wheelie technique backwards over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position.The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelie technique (Other)
Wheelie wheelchair backward and occupant upright
Participant will pull a wheelchair using the wheelie technique backwards over a 5 m soft surface with the wheelchair occupant in the upright body position.The participant will perform the task once.
干预措施: Wheelchair occupant upright body position (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Time taken to perform task
时间窗: through study completion , an average of 1 hour
The amount of time in seconds taken to perform the task and move the occupied wheelchair across 5 meters of soft surface (gym mats).
次要结局
- Ease of performing the task(through study completion , an average of 1 hour)
- Ability to perform task(through study completion , an average of 1 hour)
研究者
Lee Kirby
Principal Investigator
Nova Scotia Health Authority