NCT02457052

Impact of a Transportable Customizable and Scalable Sitting Positioning Device on Swallowing Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

When the seat is a vehicle for disabled person, postural adaptation methodology is known and, on prescription, there is possibility of financial support for technical posture assists. For people who use a standard seat, a chair for example, there is no satisfactory existing hardware. A transportable customisable and scalable sitting positioning device (DATP device), to be placed on a standard seat, is a solution that might fit in the home, in specialized foster homes or in institutions for the elderly. Such a device has been developed but earnings on swallowing disorders have to be validated.

Conditions

• Deglutition Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	DATP	Medical device allowing a custom sitting to help patients with swallowing disorders

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-01
• Completion: 2018-03-01
• First posted: 2015-05-29
• Last updated: 2025-12-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France