Healthy
Conditions
Keywords
wheelchairs, caregivers, skills
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 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.
Interventions
DEVICEwheelchair rear anti-tip device
assistive device
Sponsors
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Wheelchair Skills Test | day |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed