Improving Clinician Capacity to Provide Interventions for Manual Wheelchair Users

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Paraplegia, Paralysis, Legs

In brief

The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of remote manual wheelchair skills training program for clinicians. The study will use three-group approach: intervention with remote feedback (Group 1), control group (Group 2), and structured self-study (Group 3). This demonstrates how the intervention compares not only to a control, but also to the next "best alternative" - therapists sourcing web-based training materials and learning independently.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06294834

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

235

Starts

2023-02-22

Expected to finish

2025-10-16

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Practicing rehabilitation professional whose client population includes wheelchair users.
• Willing and able to attempt practicing wheelchair skills
• Access to a spotter(s)
• Access to an Internet-ready device with video capabilities.
• Speaks English

You may not qualify if…

• Confident in teaching (Self-Efficacy on Assessing, Training, and Spotting [SEATS] item score = 5) and able to complete (WST-Q capacity item score = 2) >50% of skills targeted by the training intervention.

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh / Rehab Neural Engineering Labs — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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