Effectiveness of Group Wheelchair Maintenance Training for People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of group wheelchair maintenance training and investigate participant characteristics associated with responsiveness to training.

Design

Randomized controlled trial with an immediate group and a waitlist control group (WLCG) who received the intervention after a 6-month delay.

Setting

Four Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Centers.

Participants

Manual (MWC; n=80) and power wheelchair (PWC; n=67) users with spinal cord injury (N=147).

Interventions

Two 90-minute structured wheelchair maintenance training program classes with 12-20 people per class and separate classes for MWC and PWC users. Each class included in-person hands-on demonstrations and practice of wheelchair maintenance.

Main outcome measures

Separate

SUBMITTER: Worobey LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8702566 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature