Evaluation of Physiological and Biomechanical Efficiency of the PAPAW (SmartDrive)

Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries

Treatments: Device: SmartDrive assisting device; Device: Standard manuel wheelchair

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02506712

2015-A00758-41

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective is to quantify energy expenditure when using the SmartDrive system during manual wheelchair propulsion in external conditions (slope, straight line). For this two comparisons are performed:

Comparison of energy expenditure with and without the use of a system SmartDrive 6 minute propulsion test.

Comparison the risk of musculoskeletal disorders of the wrist during a 6 minute propulsion test.

Full description

Prospective study mono-centric, controlled, randomized cross over. Randomization of the equipment (without and with SmartDrive).

22 SCI manual wheelchair users. 22 caregivers (healthy subjects)

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• men and women aged between 18 and 70 years
• spinal cord injury
• having given free and informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• No affiliation to a social security scheme
• Refusal to participate in the clinical trial
• Patient under guardianship
• Major cognitive disorder
• Bedsores
• Acute complication or systemic organ

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

spinal cord injury

Experimental group

Description:

use a wheelchair with and without a assisting device to power manuel wheelchair

Treatment:

Device: SmartDrive assisting device

Device: Standard manuel wheelchair

volunteer

Other group

Description:

push a wheelchair with and without a assisting device to power manuel wheelchair

Treatment:

Device: SmartDrive assisting device

Device: Standard manuel wheelchair