Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Training

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Manual Wheelchair Users

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to investigate a manual wheelchair training program to improve the way manual wheelchair users push their wheelchairs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00226252

Run by

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

People needed

28

Starts

2003-12-01

Expected to finish

2012-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-03-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or greater
• Use of a manual wheelchair as primary means of mobility (>80% of their ambulation)
• Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) cervical 7 level and lower

You may not qualify if…

• Wheelchair athletes having competed in racing in the last year.
• Current upper limb pain that limits mobility.
• <1 year post inpatient rehabilitation

Where it is running

• Human Engineering Research Laboratories — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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