NCT01432418

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 116 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

• Movement Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Wheelchair skills training program	A training program that uses methods based on the rehabilitation, wheelchair, and motor skills literature to teach wheelchair skills.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2011-09-13
• Last updated: 2016-05-09

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: Canada