Clinical trials: Manual Wheelchair Users
Spinal Cord Injuries
Exercise Training and Manual Wheelchair Users With SCI
The overall purpose of this pilot randomized control trial (RCT) is to determine the efficacy of the high-intensity interval training (HIIT) exercise protocols for the WheelMill System (WMS) to improve exercise intensity…
- Trial name
- NCT03727893
- Testing
- Roller-based Intervention Group (IG), Control Group (CG)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Shoulder Kinematics and Acute Ultrasonographic Changes in Manual Wheelchair Users With Spinal Cord Injury
People who lose function of the lower limb due to spinal cord injury (SCI) need to use their arms for activities of daily life especially during weight-bearing tasks, such as transfers, and manual wheelchair (MWC) propulsion in…
- Trial name
- NCT04712188
- Testing
- Musculoskeletal ultrasonography, Wheelchair propelling test
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Paraplegia, Spinal Cord Injuries
Natural History of Shoulder Pathology in Manual Wheelchair Users
Over 300,000 people in the United States have spinal cord injuries and many use manual wheelchairs for mobility. Most manual wheelchair users will develop shoulder injuries and pain that greatly affect quality of life and level…
- Conditions
- Paraplegia, Spinal Cord Injuries, Shoulder Pain, Tendinopathy
- Trial name
- NHSSI (NCT02600910)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Spinal Cord Injury
Physical Performance Measures for Manual Wheelchair Users
The project is intended to modify the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) for manual wheelchair users. It will determine if the new measure is a better measure of community independence for manual wheelchair users than the FIM.
- Trial name
- NCT00011544
- Testing
- Performance Measure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Wheelchair Users
Effects of the WHO 8-step Wheelchair Service Delivery Process on Wheelchair Users in El Salvador: a Cohort Study
The objective of this study was to test the hypotheses that wheelchair-related health, wheelchair skills, wheelchair use, poverty probability, and quality of life would improve; and that the number of wheelchair repairs required…
- Trial name
- WUV (NCT04936087)
- Testing
- The World Health Organization 8 steps for manual wheelchair service delivery
- Where
- 13 sites in El Salvador
- Volunteers
- 264 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Momentum Wheels for Humanity
Paraplegia, Paralysis, Legs
Improving Clinician Capacity to Provide Interventions for Manual Wheelchair Users
The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of remote manual wheelchair skills training program for clinicians.
- Trial name
- SKILL (NCT06294834)
- Testing
- Part 1 of intervention A - Wheelchair skills training modules, Part 2 of intervention A - Asynchronous feedback from a remote trainer, Intervention B: Education on wheelchair provision
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 235 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Caregivers
Effectiveness of Wheelchair Skills Training for Caregivers of Manual Wheelchair Users
Although there have been a small number of studies suggesting the important role that caregivers play in assisting wheelchair users with mobility, there has never been a randomized controlled trial (RCT) looking at the…
- Trial name
- NCT03856749
- Testing
- Remote wheelchair skills training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lee Kirby