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）：影响行动能力的疾病会降低不同疾病类别、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，给个人和社会带来巨大损失。 Pushrim 电动辅助轮椅 (PAPAW) 结合了传统手动和电动轮椅的一些最理想的功能。 PAPAW 类似于手动轮椅，不同之处在于它们配备了小型轻质电机，每次用户推动轮子时都会提供短暂的动力。这减少了转动的力气，同时仍然允许进行与移动性相关的身体活动。与手动轮椅一样，PAPAW 重量轻且易于操纵。与传统电动轮椅一样，PAPAW 允许用户行驶更远并通过困难的地形。 PAPAW有望减少手动推进的疼痛、疲劳和肌肉骨骼成本，同时保留和延长在轮车的整个生命周期内从事与移动相关的身体活动的机会，从而提高生活质量。不幸的是，很少有研究来检验这种潜力是否会在用户的日常生活中实现，或者定义与使用 PAP AW 的成功或失败相关的用户特征。该应用程序的具体目标是： 1. 确定日常使用 PAPAW 对生活质量、活动、参与、疼痛和情感的影响。 2. 确定哪些患者特征与 PAPAW 的最大利用率和益处相关。 3. 通过使用定性访谈方法确定用户对 PAPAW 的体验、态度和信念。 本协议中收集的数据将为 R01 应用奠定基础，以进一步描述 PAPAW 和其他形式的轮式移动设备对用户日常生活的影响，并提供基于证据的方法来帮助临床医生选择最合适的根据患者的临床特征使用轮椅和踏板车。

项目成果

Wheelchair users' perceptions of and experiences with power assist wheels.

轮椅使用者对助力轮的看法和体验。

• 发表时间: 2010-03
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Giacobbi Jr, Peter R;Levy, Charles E;Dietrich, Frederick D;Winkler, Sandra Hubbard;Tillman, Mark D;Chow, John W
• 通讯作者: Chow, John W

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

与传统的手动轮相比，使用助力轮可增加行驶距离。

• 发表时间: 2010-08
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Levy, Charles E;Buman, Matthew P;Chow, John W;Tillman, Mark D;Fournier, Kimberly A;Giacobbi Jr, Peter
• 通讯作者: Giacobbi Jr, Peter