Use of "Smart Wheelchairs" to Provide Independent Mobility to Visual and Mobility Impairments - Tabular View

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

June 2, 2006

Last Updated Date

February 3, 2009

Start Date ^ICMJE

June 2006

Primary Completion Date

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Participants in lab trials will complete a serious of navigation tasks. We will record time to complete the task, number of collisions, and average obstacles clearance.
Participants in field trials will use a smart wheelchair in their home for 4 weeks. We will record total distance traveled per week.

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00333762 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

During lab trials and feild trials we will record subjective measures of task difficulty and device satisfaction.
During feild trials we will record subjective measures satisfaction.

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

Use of "Smart Wheelchairs" to Provide Independent Mobility to Visual and Mobility Impairments

Official Title ^ICMJE

Use of "Smart Wheelchairs" to Provide Independent Mobility to Visual and Mobility Impairments

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to evaluate the Smart Wheelchair Component System (SWCS) for power wheelchairs and the Smart Power Assistance Module (SPAM) for manual wheelchairs in realistics indoors environments with target users performing realistic tasks. We will combine group trials involving individuals who have a visual impairment (but do not have a mobility impairment)with several single-case studio involving individuals who have a visual and mobility impairment. Our long-term objective is to provide independent mobility to veterans with mobility and sensory impairments.

Detailed Description

There are currently very few mobility options for veterans who have a mobility impairment and visual impairment, and this population will grow as the number of older veterans increases. The goal of this project is to evalutate the Smart Wheelchair Component System (SWCS) for power wheelchairs and the Smart Power Assistance Module (SPAM) for manual wheelchairs in realistic indoor environments with target users performing realistics tasks. We will combine group trials involving individuals who have a visual impairment (and may or may not have a mobility impairment) with several single-case studies involving individuals who have a visual and mobility impairment.

The key questionss that will be addresses by the proposed research are:

Can smart wheelchair technology improve performance on realistic navigation tasks for individuals with visual and mobility impairments?

Will smart wheelchair technology increase the amount of independent travel by individuals with visual and mobility impairments?

Will using a smart wheelchair for an extended period of time diminish a person's ability to operate a "traditional" wheeled mobility aid?

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Design ^ICMJE

Prevention, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study

Condition ^ICMJE

Wheelchair Users
Blindness

Intervention ^ICMJE

Device: Smart Wheelchair Component System (SWCS)
Device: Smart Power Assistance Module (SPAM)

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Completed

Estimated Enrollment ^ICMJE

Completion Date

May 2008

Primary Completion Date

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

All participants will be completely blind
Participants will be able to operate a power wheelchair with joystick control
Participants will be able to puch a manual wheelchair a minimum of 300 yards

Exclusion Criteria:

Mobility impairment

Gender

Both

Ages

18 Years and older

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects

Location Countries ^ICMJE

United States

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00333762

Responsible Party

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

B4065X

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

Department of Veterans Affairs

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:

Richard Simpson, PhD

Human Engineering Research Laboratories

Information Provided By

Department of Veterans Affairs

Verification Date

June 2006

^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP