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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

QEII Health Science Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4K4, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

18 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

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

wheelchair rear anti-tip device

Device

assistive device

Primary outcomes

Wheelchair Skills Test

Time frame: day

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Other

Collaborators

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Primary completion: 2007
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Sep 18, 2006
Registry last updated: Apr 5, 2010

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