Ongoing Study

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Title:  Community Mobility and Participation Assessment of Wheelchair Users

Purpose: The Purpose of the study is to assess oxygen consumption in respect to an endurance wheelchair test to establish a clinical measure.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Any gender
  • Ages 18 or older
  • No current shoulder-related injury
  • No upper body surgery in the last 12 months
  • Must be using a MANUAL wheelchair for daily activities or operate a manual wheelchair independently

What will I do? (1 Lab visit; ≈ 30 min):

  • TEST: 6-minute wheelchair push test
    • Using your personal wheelchair, you will propel yourself for 6 minutes for as far and as fast as you can, while wearing inertial sensors, heartrate wristwatch and chest strap, and VO2 mask.

Will I receive anything for participating?

  • Participants will receive up to $25.00.

How to contact us:

  • Principal Investigator Jacob Rammer, Ph.D.( 414.251.6160, jrrammer@uwm.edu)
  • Co-investigators: Madisyn Adelman (adelman3@uwm.edu),
    Maja Gorsic, Ph.D. (gorsic@uwm.edu), Grace Fasipe (gofasipe@uwm.edu)

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