NCT00924872

Power Mobility Training for Persons With Stroke

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Mobility

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-07-01
• Completion: 2012-07-01
• First posted: 2009-06-19
• Last updated: 2012-09-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada