NCT00377533

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

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	wheelchair rear anti-tip device	assistive device

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-12-01
• Primary completion: 2007-10-01
• Completion: 2007-10-01
• First posted: 2006-09-18
• Last updated: 2010-04-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada