Status:
COMPLETED
Power Mobility Training for Persons With Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Conditions:
Stroke
Mobility
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To test the hypothesis that persons with stroke can safely and effectively learn to use power mobility devices. The primary objective of this project is to test the hypothesis that, with formal wheelc...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- be an inpatient at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre with a primary diagnosis of stroke within the previous 6 months;
- be competent to provide informed consent;
- have permission of the attending physician to participate;
- require no more than minimal assistance for verbal/non-verbal communication and auditory comprehension as evaluated by a therapist or by chart review of the baseline CIHI evaluation;27
- be able to attend during a 20-minute therapy session as evaluated by the occupational or physical therapist;
- use a manual wheelchair for at least 1 hour per day;
- be able to be safely seated in the power wheelchair that we will be using for the study;
- have no significant visual impairment (such that a subject would be unable to see barriers) as evaluated by his/her therapist based on his/her performance during functional tasks;
- Not currently be using a power wheelchair
- have no physical or mental health condition (as determined by the health-care team) that would make participation dangerous.
Exclusion
- none
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
27 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00924872
Start Date
June 1 2009
End Date
July 1 2012
Last Update
September 3 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4K4