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

NCT00377533 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2010-04-05

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

DEVICE

wheelchair rear anti-tip device

assistive device

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lee Kirby, MD, FRCPC · Dalhousie University, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-12-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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