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Effectiveness of a Wheelchair Skills Training Program for Power Mobility Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT01432418 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2016-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a 3-year multi-centre, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the hypothesis that wheelchair skills training (using a systematic training program called the Wheelchair Skills Training Program) improves wheelchair skills and safety of 144 powered wheelchair users. A second objective is to assess the effects of age, sex, training centre, and participant experience on outcomes, assessing the retention of benefits and assessing the impact of training on other important outcomes.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Wheelchair skills training program

A training program that uses methods based on the rehabilitation, wheelchair, and motor skills literature to teach wheelchair skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lee Kirby, MD, FRCP · Nova Scotia Health Authority

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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