Virtual Reality Based Testing of Power Wheelchair Driving Skills
Completed
Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injury, Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Disease
In brief
The purpose of this research study is to examine whether computer based or virtual reality based driving assessments are as useful as real-world power wheelchair driving tests in measuring driving performance and whether they may be useful in helping to identify the problems that some individuals may have with driving power wheelchairs. The specific aims are as follows: Specific Aim 1: To develop computer-based and VR-based wheelchair driving assessments for both drivers and non-drivers that correspond to an accepted real-world driving assessment (Power Mobility Road Test) and compare them to the real-world assessment and to each other. Specific Aim 2: To develop additional features of the computer-based and VR-based assessments that present dynamic tasks and determine whether skills on these tasks can be delineated within the virtual environment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00951509
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 31
- Starts
- 2011-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-08-24
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Subjects must be between 18 to 80 years old.
- Subjects must have a diagnosis of SCI, spina bifida, syringomyelia, spinal stenosis, transverse myelitis, ALS, spinal cord disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, polytraumatic injury, or TBI with residual motor, sensory, or cognitive impairments that impair mobility.
- Subjects must use a power wheelchair or an attendant propelled manual wheelchair for all or part of their mobility.
- Subjects must be able to provide informed consent.
- Subjects must have very basic cognitive, visual, and motor skills to interact with an interface.
You may not qualify if…
- Subjects who have active pelvic or thigh wounds. (They may be worsened by prolonged sitting).
- Subjects with a history of seizures in the last 90 days. (A computer screen task has the potential to induce seizures).
- Subjects who do not pass the screening protocol.
Where it is running
- VA Pittsburgh Health Care System — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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