The Impact of Power-Assist Wheelchair on QOL

助力轮椅对生活质量的影响

• 批准号: 7045949
• 负责人: Charles Edward Levy
• 金额: $ 16.43万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7045949
• 关键词: actigraphy; assistive device /technology; behavioral /social science research tag; bioengineering /biomedical engineering; body physical activity; chordate locomotion; clinical research; functional ability; human subject; interview; medical rehabilitation related tag; pain; person with disability; quality of life; questionnaires; recreation; statistics /biometry; transportation /recreation safety

Description (provided by applicant): Mobility-impairing conditions detract from quality of life and human potential across disease category, age span, and psychosocial, economic, and cultural classifications at great costs to individuals and society. Pushrim activated power assist wheelchairs (PAPAW) combine some .of the most desirable features of conventional manual and power wheelchairs. PAPAWs resemble manual wheelchairs except that they are equipped with small, lightweight motors that deliver a brief burst of power every time the user pushes the wheel. This decreases the effort of wheeling while still allowing mobility related physical activity to take place. Like manual wheelchairs, PAPAWs are lightweight, and easy to maneuver, Like conventional power wheelchairs, PAPAWs allow users to travel further and to negotiate difficult terrains. PAPAWs show promise to decrease the pain, fatigue, and musculoskeletal costs of manual propulsion while preserving and extending the opportunity to engage in mobility-related physical activity over a wheeler's lifespan thus improving quality of life. Unfortunately, very little research has been conducted to examine whether this potential will be realized in users' everyday lives, or to define the characteristics of users associated with success or failure in using a PAP AW. The specific aims of this application are to: 1. Determine the impact of everyday use of PAPAWs on quality of life, activity, participation, pain, and affect. 2. Determine which patient characteristics are associated with greatest utilization and benefits of PAPAWs. 3. Determine users' experiences, attitudes, and beliefs regarding PAPAWs by using qualitative interview methods. Data collected in this protocol will set the stage for R01 applications to further delineate the impact of PAPAWs and other forms of wheeled mobility in users' day-to-day lives as well as to provide evidence based methodology to assist clinicians in selecting the most appropriate wheelchairs and scooters based on patients' clinical characteristics.

描述（由申请人提供）：流动性障碍条件损害了疾病类别，年龄跨度以及社会心理，经济和文化分类的生活质量和人类潜力，对个人和社会付出了巨大的代价。 推杆激活的电力辅助轮椅（Papaw）结合了一些传统手动和电动轮椅最理想的功能。 Papaws类似于手动轮椅，除了它们配备了小型轻巧的电动机，每当用户推动轮子时，它们都会短暂发挥作用。这减少了旋转的努力，同时仍允许与移动性相关的体育活动。像手动轮椅一样，帕帕斯（Papaws）轻巧且易于操纵，例如传统的动力轮椅，帕波（Papaws）也使用户可以进一步旅行并谈判困难的地形。帕波斯（Papaws）表现出有望减轻手动推进的疼痛，疲劳和肌肉骨骼成本，同时保留并扩大了在惠勒的寿命中进行与机动性相关的体育活动的机会，从而改善了生活质量。不幸的是，几乎没有进行研究以检查用户的日常生活中是否会实现这种潜力，或者定义与使用PAP AW时成功或失败相关的用户的特征。本应用程序的具体目的是： 1。确定帕波斯日常使用对生活质量，活动，参与，痛苦和影响的影响。 2.确定哪些患者特征与帕帕斯的最大利用和益处有关。 3.通过使用定性访谈方法，确定用户对帕帕斯的经验，态度和信念。 在本协议中收集的数据将为R01应用程序奠定阶段，以进一步描述帕波斯和其他形式的车轮移动性在用户日常生活中的影响，并提供基于证据的方法，以帮助临床医生根据患者的临床特征选择最合适的轮椅和Scooters。

项目成果

Use of power assist wheels results in increased distance traveled compared with conventional manual wheeling.

• DOI: 10.1097/phm.0b013e3181e72286
• 发表时间: 2010-08
• 期刊: American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Levy CE;Buman MP;Chow JW;Tillman MD;Fournier KA;Giacobbi P Jr
• 通讯作者: Giacobbi P Jr