NCT04171973

Evaluation of Electric Wheelchair Driving Performance in Simulator Compared to Driving in Real-life Situations

Evaluation of Electric Wheelchair Driving Performance in Simulator Compared to Driving in a Real-life Situation, in a Population of Regular Drivers With Neurological Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pôle Saint Hélier · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The device that is the subject of this investigation is a solution for driving simulation of an electric wheelchair. It is intended to enable patients who are likely to acquire an electric wheelchair to train in a virtual environment, favorable to the safety of training, to its repetition, and to produce more varied, rich training environments and more tailored to specific and individualized needs. These solutions will make it easier to access real-world driving for patients who are currently experiencing learning difficulties. It is expected that this investigation demonstrates the reproducibility of driving performance in electric wheelchair driving simulator compared to the real world.

Detailed description

As part of this investigation, it is expected to develop a driving simulator that could contribute to improving the learning of electric wheelchair driving and access to electric wheelchair for people who can not currently claim for physical risks and weak psychology for the participant in the research. The present clinical investigation aims at evaluating the performances, the safety and the satisfaction of the users with regard to a simulator of driving of electric wheelchair in virtual reality. The main objective is to evaluate the feasibility of a virtual electric wheelchair driving training, comparing driving performance in virtual reality versus reality, in identical real and virtual standardized circuits, in regular users of electric wheelchairs with neurological disorders.

Conditions

• Neurologic Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Driving an electric wheelchair in real condition	For the control group, 3 test circuits of pipes in real condition of increasing difficulty are tested. Patients perform 2 passes in this condition.
DEVICE	Driving an electric wheelchair in virtual condition	For the virtual reality group, the circuits have been digitized. Patients perform 2 passes in this condition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-14
• Primary completion: 2020-01-29
• Completion: 2020-01-29
• First posted: 2019-11-21
• Last updated: 2020-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France