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Physical Performance Measures for Manual Wheelchair Users

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00011544
First received: February 22, 2001
Last updated: January 20, 2009
Last verified: January 2001
History of Changes
  Purpose

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. During the Phase 1 of the study it will then use this new measure to determine whether a home exercise program increases functional independence in wheelchair users. In Phases II and III of the study 120 manual wheelchair users will participate to test and validate the new measure and to test the effectiveness of therapeutic exercise. Subjects will range in age from 20 to 79 yrs. and have a variety of disabilities.


Condition Intervention Phase
Spinal Cord Injury
 Procedure: Performance Measure
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Official Title: Physical Performance Measures for Manual Wheelchair Users

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Estimated Enrollment: 120
Study Start Date: January 1998
Study Completion Date: December 2000
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years to 79 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Wheelchair users

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00011544

Locations
United States, Maryland
VAMC, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
Department of Veterans Affairs
Investigators
Investigator: John Fryer, Ph.D., Asst. Director Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service
Investigator: Nancy Rocheleau, Program Analyst Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00011544     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: B1751R
Study First Received: February 22, 2001
Last Updated: January 20, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
wheelchair, biomechanics, aging, functional outcome, disability

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
 Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
Wounds and Injuries

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013