Muscular dystrophy
Conditions
Interventions
Standing-assist power wheelchair use
Sponsors
National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama National Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Muscular dystrophy patients receiving outpatient care or hospitalized at collaborating institutions Patients who are able to learn to operate a standing-assisted electric wheelchair Written consent of the research subject
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with intellectual disabilities and are challenged to operate a standing-assistive power wheelchair safely. Patients are considered at high risk for a standing-assistive power wheelchair due to severe heart failure, fatal arrhythmia, spinal deformity, or contracture. Patients who are presumed to be at high risk for a standing-assistive power wheelchair due to active diseases (e.g., pneumonia) Patients whom the principal investigator or principal investigator determines are not appropriate to participate in this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Independence and care prevention benefits of the standing-assistive power wheelchair | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Efficacy in Reducing Caregiver Burden Comfortness and physical load reduction effect Safety and ease of function acquisition | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTsuyoshi Matsumura
National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama National Hospital Neurology
Outcome results
None listed