Effects of Axle Positions on Wheelchair Skills in Manual Wheelchair Users

Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Disability

Treatments: Other: rear axle position; Other: forward axle position

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00949143

CDHA-RS-2009-182

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of altering the wheelchair set-up on mobility and safety by changing the rear-axle position on a manual wheelchair.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• manual wheelchair users
• minimum of 17 years of age
• at least one week experience in a manual wheelchair, for at least an hour a day
• alert
• able to answer questions
• able to fit in the testing wheelchairs
• permission to participate from the attending physician

Exclusion criteria

• significant visual impairments
• unstable medical conditions (e.g., angina)
• emotional/psychological problems that may make testing unpleasant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

forward position

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: forward axle position

rear position

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: rear axle position