Status:
COMPLETED
Wheelchair Handling Skills of Caregivers: Comparison Between Anti-tip Devices and a New Design
Lead Sponsor:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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 o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
32 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00377533
Start Date
December 1 2004
End Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
April 5 2010
Active Locations (1)
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QEII Health Science Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4K4