N/A
N=31
Virtual Reality Based Testing of Power Wheelchair Driving Skills
Spinal Cord Injury · Spina Bifida · Spinal Cord Disease
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00951509 ↗Enrolled (actual)
31
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2015
Primary outcome: Primary: Composite Power Mobility Road Test (PMRT) Scores — 95.3; 96.09; 93.75; 96.88 units on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Power Mobility Road Test (PMRT) (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Primary completion
- Jan 2013
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Composite Power Mobility Road Test (PMRT) Scores |
95.3; 96.09; 93.75; 96.88; 100 | — |
Summary
The purpose of this research study is to examine whether computer based or virtual reality based driving assessments are as useful as real-world power wheelchair driving tests in measuring driving performance and whether they may be useful in helping to identify the problems that some individuals may have with driving power wheelchairs. The specific aims are as follows:
Specific Aim 1: To develop computer-based and VR-based wheelchair driving assessments for both drivers and non-drivers that correspond to an accepted real-world driving assessment (Power Mobility Road Test) and compare them to the real-world assessment and to each other.
Specific Aim 2: To develop additional features of the computer-based and VR-based assessments that present dynamic tasks and determine whether skills on these tasks can be delineated within the virtual environment.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Subjects must be between 18 to 80 years old.
- 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.
- Subjects must use a power wheelchair or an attendant propelled manual wheelchair for all or part of their mobility.
- Subjects must be able to provide informed consent.
- Subjects must have very basic cognitive, visual, and motor skills to interact with an interface.
Exclusion Criteria
- Subjects who have active pelvic or thigh wounds. (They may be worsened by prolonged sitting).
- Subjects with a history of seizures in the last 90 days. (A computer screen task has the potential to induce seizures).
- Subjects who do not pass the screening protocol.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00951509). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.