The McGill Wheelchair Simulator

NCT03759769 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 275323
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a wheelchair simulator in the training of power wheelchair driving skills. Practice with the simulator takes place at home.

Conditions

Wheelchair (Powered) Colliding With Stationary Object

Keywords

power wheelchair; virtual reality; skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• change in Wheelchair Skills Test (WST)

  Measures power wheelchair driving skills; 32 items scored using pass or fail. The average of valid items is computed and converted to percentage (range: 0-100 with higher values indicating better wheelchair skills)

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• change in wheelchair confidence (WheelCon)

  2 weeks

• change in appreciation of assistive technology (ATOP/M)

  2 weeks

• change in life-space mobility (LSA)

  2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

simulator

EXPERIMENTAL

Practice at home all activities of the wheelchair simulator, at least 20 minute per session, at least one session every second day

Other: Wheelchair simulator

control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Practice on a computer video game, at least 20 minute per session, at least one session every second day

Other: Video game

Interventions

Wheelchair simulator OTHER

Computer application providing 3D first person view of a wheelchair, with six different activities: street crossing, entering an elevator, entering an adapted van, bathroom, shopping mall and supermarket

simulator

Video game OTHER

'Kart' driving video game

control

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \) participants are between 18 and 65 years of age; 2) have received their first PW within the last 3 months; 3) are living at home or in a long-term care facility (i.e., not currently hospitalized); 4) drive their PW with a hand-controlled joystick; 5) are able to follow directions in either French or English as determined by their medical chart from the rehabilitation center; 6) have no significant visual impairments not corrected by eyewear; and 7) show sufficient cognition to participate in training (Mini-mental State Exam\>25).

You may not qualify if:

• \) participants have baseline WST score greater than 85; 2) they have unstable medical conditions as determined by their medical chart (e.g. angina, seizures that may be exacerbated by the simulator)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• McGill University: lead
• Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital

Laval, Quebec, H7V1R2, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Faure C, Routhier F, Lettre J, Choukou MA, Archambault PS. Effectiveness of the miWe Simulator Training on Powered Wheelchair-driving Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Sep;104(9):1371-1377. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.04.022. Epub 2023 May 19.

  PMID: 37209934 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Philippe Archambault, PhD

  McGill University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2018
• First Posted: November 30, 2018
• Study Start: November 27, 2013
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2016
• Study Completion: May 30, 2016
• Last Updated: November 30, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)