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

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Capital District Health Authority, Canada Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Information provided by:	Capital District Health Authority, Canada
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00377533

Purpose

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.

Condition	Intervention
Healthy	Device: wheelchair rear anti-tip device

MedlinePlus related topics: Caregivers

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Wheelchair Handling Skills of Caregivers: Comparison Between Conventional Rear Anti-Tip Devices and a New Design

Further study details as provided by Capital District Health Authority, Canada:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Wheelchair Skills Test [ Time Frame: day ]

Estimated Enrollment:	96
Study Start Date:	December 2004
Study Completion Date:	October 2007

Intervention Details:

assistive device

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

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

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00377533

Locations

Canada, Nova Scotia
QEII Health Science Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4K4

Sponsors and Collaborators

Capital District Health Authority, Canada

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Lee Kirby, MD, FRCPC

Dalhousie University, QEII Health Sciences Centre

More Information

Wheelchair skills program This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers:	CDHA013
Study First Received:	September 14, 2006
Last Updated:	March 28, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00377533
Health Authority:	Canada: Health Canada

Keywords provided by Capital District Health Authority, Canada:

wheelchairs
caregivers
skills

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Healthy

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009