Wheelchair-Related Accidents: Relationship With Wheelchair-Using Behavior in Active Community Wheelchair Users

Quantitative Exploratory Evaluation of the Frequency, Causes and Consequences of Rehabilitation Wheelchair Breakdowns delivered at a Paediatric Clinic in Mexico

“…The limitations of this study include the possible underestimation of the number of repairs because of recall bias (Gaal et al, 1997;Fitzgerald et al, 2005;McClure et al, 2009;Chen et al, 2011). The results showed differences between the selfreported method and the WAC.…”

“…There is evidence to show that risk of accidents is greater for those who fail to do regular maintenance of their WCs (Chen et al, 2011). The high prevalence of brake and upholstery failures suggests that frequent preventive maintenance may increase the lifespan of this type of WC.…”

“…This is especially true in developing countries where access to WCs is generally limited to imported ones, replacement parts are almost impossible or too costly to find, and users often do not have a back-up WC, thereby reducing their mobility and community participation for an undetermined period of time (Hotchkiss, 1987). In developed countries several studies have investigated, in both manual (light or ultra light-weight) and power WCs, the prevalence of WC failures, repairs and related adverse events such as injuries and participation reduction (Gaal et al, 1997;Fitzgerald et al, 2005;McClure et al, 2009;Chen et al, 2011;Worobey et al, 2012). Self-reported WC repairs over a 6-month period ranged from 26% to 53% of the participants in several studies (Fitzgerald et al, 2005;McClure et al, 2009;Worobey et al, 2012).…”

Investigation of the Feasibility of an Intervention to Manage Fall Risk in Wheeled Mobility Device Users with Multiple Sclerosis

“…The information presented was informed from previous research describing the circumstances of falls among wheeled mobility device users with other disabilities 19 and transfer biomechanics. 20 To our knowledge, there are currently no other peer-reviewed fall prevention interventions designed for wheeled mobility device users with MS. 9 During the intervention, participants were individually shown a 9-minute video describing how to correctly perform a transfer.…”

Participatory design and validation of mobility enhancement robotic wheelchair

“…One study found that most common accidents were caused by loss of traction, being immobilized, or loss of stability [11]. Another study found that 87.8 percent of 95 participants had experienced a tip or fall up to 3 yr prior to participating in the study [15]. Therefore, the objectives of this project were to understand the conditions and barriers EPW users find difficult to drive in/over in the outdoor environment (phase I), create a computer-aided design (CAD) prototype of an EPW with advanced features that increase the users' safety and ease navigation when encountering such conditions and barriers (phase II), and validate the newly designed EPW and its advanced features by gathering further input from EPW users (phase III).…”