Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01028833
Effects of Power Mobility on Young Children With Severe Motor Impairments
Effects of Power Mobility on the Development and Function of Young Children With Severe Motor Impairments
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 41 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 14 Months – 30 Months
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose this study is to determine the effects of power mobility on the development and function of young children of young children whose severe physical disabilities limit their exploratory behaviors and may unnecessarily restrict their cognitive, communication, and social-emotional development.
Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy
- Arthrogryposis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Other Central Nervous System or Musculoskeletal Disorders
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Power mobility | Project staff will use structured power mobility training program to teach the children to use the power mobility devices. Project staff will schedule 1-hour sessions with each family 3 times per week for the first month of the project and will decrease in the following manner as the child becomes proficient and develops basic wheelchair maneuvering skills: two one-hour session per week for 4 weeks; one one-hour session per week for 4 weeks; two one-hour sessions per month for 4 weeks; one one-hour session per month for the remainder of the study. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-12-01
- Completion
- 2012-12-01
- First posted
- 2009-12-09
- Last updated
- 2016-01-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01028833. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.