MedTrace Logo

Enhancing Indoor, Community, and Advanced Wheelchair Skills in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

NCT00434018 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 138

Last updated 2015-05-12

Study results available
· View outcomes & findings →

Summary

We propose to test an evidence-based wheelchair skills training program to optimize wheelchair safety and performance in veterans with SCI. The proposed training program incorporates emerging evidence on wheelchair biomechanics and motor-skills learning, and addresses recommendations in a new clinical practice guideline. Given the difficulty in translating wheelchair skills learned in a therapy clinic with "real world" problems in the home and community post-discharge, we are proposing to conduct the wheelchair skills training in and around the veteran's home. The immediate goal is to enhance ability, performance time, safety, community participation, and quality of life, while minimizing physical strain. The ultimate goal is to reduce morbidity/mortality associated with wheelchair use and promote successful aging with a disability.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Wheelchair Skills Training

Subjects are provided with five weeks of wheelchair skills training, tailored to meet their needs.

BEHAVIORAL

Basic Health Education

Five sessions are held with subjects to provide them with educational information regarding health related issues - such as nutrition, proper hand hygiene, sports, etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Shirley Groer, PhD MS · James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Companies

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00434018 on ClinicalTrials.gov