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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00333762
Date of registration: 02/06/2006
Primary sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs
Public title: Use of "Smart Wheelchairs" to Provide Independent Mobility to Visual and Mobility Impairments
Scientific title: Use of "Smart Wheelchairs" to Provide Independent Mobility to Visual and Mobility Impairments
Date of first enrolment: June 2006
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00333762
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Richard Simpson, PhD
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Affiliation:  Human Engineering Research Laboratories
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

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



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Blindness
Wheelchair Users
Intervention(s)
Device: Smart Power Assistance Module (SPAM)
Device: Smart Wheelchair Component System (SWCS)
Primary Outcome(s)
Participants in field trials will use a smart wheelchair in their home for 4 weeks. We will record total distance traveled per week.
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.
Secondary Outcome(s)
During feild trials we will record subjective measures satisfaction.
During lab trials and feild trials we will record subjective measures of task difficulty and device satisfaction.
Secondary ID(s)
B4065X
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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