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Some people without independent mobility are candidates for powered mobility but
are unable to use a traditional power wheelchair joystick.
This proof-of-concept
study tested and further developed an innovative method of driving power
wheelchairs for people whose impairments prevent them from operating commercial
wheelchair controls. Our concept, Self-referenced Personal Orthotic Omni-purpose
Control Interface (SPOOCI), is distinguished by referencing the control sensor
not to the wheelchair frame but instead to the adjacent proximal lower-extremity
segment via a custom-formed orthosis. Using a descriptive case-series design, we
compared the pre-post functional power wheelchair driving skill data of 4
participants, measured by the Power Mobility Program, using descriptive analyses.
The intervention consisted of standard-care power wheelchair training during 12
outpatient occupational or physical therapy sessions. All 4 participants who
completed the 12-wk intervention improved their functional power wheelchair
driving skills using SPOOCI, but only 3 were deemed safe to continue with power
wheelchair driving.
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