The development of a powered wheelchair mobility program for young children

Furumasu, Jan; Guerette, Paula; Tefft, Donita

doi:10.3233/tad-1996-5106

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“…Four of the established basic wheelchair control skills were applied to the assessment of the driving capacity of the wheelchair learners volunteering for the experiment [3,9]. The functional tasks used for the experiment includes forward, left-turn, right-turn and collision-avoidance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research has shown that early intervention through the use of mobility devices such as a powered wheelchair could compliment both cognitive and physical development subsequently allowing the learner to reach full potential. Such devices could also be used as predictors of success in mobility skills training [3,4,9,14,22]. A study also proposed that people with limited occupational performance due to mobility impairment may use a powered wheelchair to enhance their performance of tasks and routines in valued life roles [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Virtual environments for powered wheelchair learner drivers: Case studies

Adelola

Cox

Rahman

2009

TAD

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Early intervention through the use of a powered wheelchair can meliorate the developmental experience of children with mobility impairment. It is therefore important to design an effective training and assessment strategy to facilitate the potentials of each child in readiness to drive the device. The use of virtual reality (VR) technology for wheelchair training purposes is therefore considered. The skills acquired during training in a virtual reality system should be observable in the functional activities of the learner. It is necessary to evaluate the degree and the permanence of the skills learnt from the virtual environment to other activities outside the training environment. The mode of evaluation applied during conventional wheelchair training could provide the basis upon which permanence of skills is determined after training in virtual reality. Thus, an induction factor is proposed as a measure of the transfer of powered wheelchair control skills from virtual reality to the functional activities of daily living by the learner. The outcomes show that virtual reality technology could offer an appropriate means of providing powered wheelchair training that can be tailored to the needs of the learner.

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Virtual environments for powered wheelchair learner drivers: Case studies

Adelola

Cox

Rahman

2009

TAD

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“…1 Motor skills were viewed as hierarchical, and therefore walking was considered to be the most desirable method of mobility. Children were expected to walk as much as possible although ambulation may not have been the most functional method of mobility in all environments.…”

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confidence: 99%

Changing philosophical perspectives on the management of children with physical disabilities--their effect on the use of powered mobility

Wiart

Darrah

2002

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…It has been shown that 57% of the variance in wheelchair skills among young children who use joystick controllers can be attributed to differences in the cognitive domains of spatial relations and problem solving (Furumasu et al, 1996). Problem solving helps the child to determine the most appropriate ways to maneuver the wheelchair in and out of complex, changing environments.…”

Section: Cognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%