Power Mobility Training for Persons With Stroke

NCT00924872 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CDHA-RS-2008-45
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 27
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To test the hypothesis that persons with stroke can safely and effectively learn to use power mobility devices. The primary objective of this project is to test the hypothesis that, with formal wheelchair skills training, people who have had a stroke and have been prescribed a power wheelchair will have a larger improvement in performance and safety scores on the wheelchair skills test than people who have not received wheelchair skills training.

Conditions

Stroke; Mobility

Keywords

stroke; power wheelchair skills; training; safety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Wheelchair skills test - power mobility version

  Pre and post intervention, 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• questionnaire

  post intervention (3 weeks), 3 month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

receive wheelchair skills training

Other: wheelchair skills training

control

NO INTERVENTION

no formalized wheelchair skills training provided

Interventions

wheelchair skills training OTHER

Five 30-minute training sessions, at a target frequency of 3-5 sessions per week, aimed at improving their power wheelchair skills.

Also known as: WSP

intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• be an inpatient at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre with a primary diagnosis of stroke within the previous 6 months;
• be competent to provide informed consent;
• have permission of the attending physician to participate;
• require no more than minimal assistance for verbal/non-verbal communication and auditory comprehension as evaluated by a therapist or by chart review of the baseline CIHI evaluation;27
• be able to attend during a 20-minute therapy session as evaluated by the occupational or physical therapist;
• use a manual wheelchair for at least 1 hour per day;
• be able to be safely seated in the power wheelchair that we will be using for the study;
• have no significant visual impairment (such that a subject would be unable to see barriers) as evaluated by his/her therapist based on his/her performance during functional tasks;
• Not currently be using a power wheelchair
• have no physical or mental health condition (as determined by the health-care team) that would make participation dangerous.

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nova Scotia Health Authority: lead

Study Sites (1)

Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4K4, Canada

Location

Related Links

• information about wheelchair skills program: training and testing

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Lee Kirby, MD

  Capital Distric Health Authority, Dalhousie University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Attending Staff Physician, Department of Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2009
• First Posted: June 19, 2009
• Study Start: June 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2012
• Study Completion: July 1, 2012
• Last Updated: September 3, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-08

Locations

CA (1)