Wheelchair Handling Skills of Caregivers: Comparison Between Anti-tip Devices and a New Design

NCT00377533 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CDHA013
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Currently available wheelchairs are often fitted with conventional rear anti-tip devices (C-RADs) to prevent wheelchair rear tips. The limitations of C-RADs have provided an incentive for the design of rear anti-tip devices that permit more rear tip without compromising safety (Arc-RADs). The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that caregivers handling occupied wheelchairs equipped with Arc-RADs have higher success rates on RAD-relevant skills than caregivers handling wheelchairs equipped with C-RADs.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

wheelchairs; caregivers; skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Wheelchair Skills Test

  day

Interventions

wheelchair rear anti-tip device DEVICE

assistive device

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older
• alert, able and willing to follow instructions
• wheelchair users: patients at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
• wheelchair users:permission of physician to participate in the study
• caregiver:must provide at least part-time wheelchair-handling care for the wheelchair user in this study, a minimum of one hour per week on average

You may not qualify if:

• wheelchair users:suffer from any unstable medical, emotional, or physiological conditions that may interfere with participation
• caregivers:medical condition of their upper limbs, heart or lungs that might cause them discomfort or endanger them when pushing or pulling an occupied wheelchair

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nova Scotia Health Authority: lead
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

QEII Health Science Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4K4, Canada

Location

Related Links

• Wheelchair skills program

Study Officials

• Lee Kirby, MD, FRCPC

  Dalhousie University, QEII Health Sciences Centre

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 14, 2006
• First Posted: September 18, 2006
• Study Start: December 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2007
• Study Completion: October 1, 2007
• Last Updated: April 5, 2010

Record last verified: 2009-07

Locations

CA (1)