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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00951509
Date of registration: 03/08/2009
Primary sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs
Public title: Virtual Reality Testing of Power Wheelchair Driving Skills
Scientific title: Computer-based and Virtual Assessment of Power Wheelchair Mobility
Date of first enrolment: August 2011
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00951509
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Annmarie Kelleher, MS OTR
Address: 
Telephone: 412-954-5287
Email: annmarie.kelleher@va.gov
Affiliation: 
Name:   Annmarie Kelleher, MS OTR
Address: 
Telephone: (412) 954-5287
Email: annmarie.kelleher@va.gov
Affiliation: 
Name:   Rory A. Cooper, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Director, Center of Excellence for Wheelchairs and Related Technology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects must be between 18 to 80 years old.

2. 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.

3. Subjects must use a power wheelchair or an attendant propelled manual wheelchair for
all or part of their mobility.

4. Subjects must be able to provide informed consent.

5. Subjects must have very basic cognitive, visual, and motor skills to interact with an
interface.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects who have active pelvic or thigh wounds. (They may be worsened by prolonged
sitting).

2. Subjects with a history of seizures in the last 90 days. (A computer screen task has
the potential to induce seizures).

3. Subjects who do not pass the screening protocol.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Power Wheelchair Driving
Intervention(s)
Other: Computer-Based Test
Other: Power Mobility Road Test (PMRT)
Other: Virtual Reality Test
Primary Outcome(s)
Power Wheelchair Driving Skills [Time Frame: Baseline and 2 week follow up]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Performance on the computer-based assessment of driving skills [Time Frame: Baseline and 2 week follow up]
Performance on the Power Mobility Road Test of real world driving skills [Time Frame: Baseline and 2 week follow up]
Performance on the virtual based assessment of driving skills [Time Frame: Baseline and 2 week follow up]
Secondary ID(s)
02691
A6035-R
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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