Power Mobility Training for Persons With Stroke

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00924872
• Other study ID #: CDHA-RS-2008-45
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 18, 2009
• Last updated: August 31, 2012
• Start date: June 2009
• Est. completion date: July 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2012
• Source: Nova Scotia Health Authority
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 27
• Est. completion date: July 2012
• Est. primary completion date: July 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be an inpatient at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre with a primary diagnosis of stroke within the previous 6 months;

• be competent to provide informed consent;

• have permission of the attending physician to participate;

• require no more than minimal assistance for verbal/non-verbal communication and auditory comprehension as evaluated by a therapist or by chart review of the baseline CIHI evaluation;27

• be able to attend during a 20-minute therapy session as evaluated by the occupational or physical therapist;

• use a manual wheelchair for at least 1 hour per day;

• be able to be safely seated in the power wheelchair that we will be using for the study;

• have no significant visual impairment (such that a subject would be unable to see barriers) as evaluated by his/her therapist based on his/her performance during functional tasks;

• Not currently be using a power wheelchair

• have no physical or mental health condition (as determined by the health-care team) that would make participation dangerous.

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mobility
• Stroke

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre	Halifax	Nova Scotia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nova Scotia Health Authority

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Wheelchair skills test - power mobility version		Pre and post intervention, 3 weeks	No
Secondary	questionnaire		post intervention (3 weeks), 3 month follow-up	No

External Links

•   information about wheelchair skills program: training and testing