Power Mobility Training for Persons With Stroke

August 31, 2012 updated by: Lee Kirby, Nova Scotia Health Authority

Power Mobility Training for Persons With Stroke: A Randomized Control Trial

To test the hypothesis that persons with stroke can safely and effectively learn to use power mobility devices. The primary objective of this project is to test the hypothesis that, with formal wheelchair skills training, people who have had a stroke and have been prescribed a power wheelchair will have a larger improvement in performance and safety scores on the wheelchair skills test than people who have not received wheelchair skills training.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

27

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Nova Scotia
      • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4K4
        • Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • be an inpatient at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre with a primary diagnosis of stroke within the previous 6 months;
  • be competent to provide informed consent;
  • have permission of the attending physician to participate;
  • require no more than minimal assistance for verbal/non-verbal communication and auditory comprehension as evaluated by a therapist or by chart review of the baseline CIHI evaluation;27
  • be able to attend during a 20-minute therapy session as evaluated by the occupational or physical therapist;
  • use a manual wheelchair for at least 1 hour per day;
  • be able to be safely seated in the power wheelchair that we will be using for the study;
  • have no significant visual impairment (such that a subject would be unable to see barriers) as evaluated by his/her therapist based on his/her performance during functional tasks;
  • Not currently be using a power wheelchair
  • have no physical or mental health condition (as determined by the health-care team) that would make participation dangerous.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • none

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: intervention
receive wheelchair skills training
Other: wheelchair skills training
Five 30-minute training sessions, at a target frequency of 3-5 sessions per week, aimed at improving their power wheelchair skills.
Other Names:
  • WSP
No Intervention: control
no formalized wheelchair skills training provided

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Wheelchair skills test - power mobility version
Time Frame: Pre and post intervention, 3 weeks
Pre and post intervention, 3 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
questionnaire
Time Frame: post intervention (3 weeks), 3 month follow-up
post intervention (3 weeks), 3 month follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lee Kirby, MD, Capital Distric Health Authority, Dalhousie University

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 18, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 18, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

June 19, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 3, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2012

Last Verified

August 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDHA-RS-2008-45

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