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Title: Community Mobility and Participation Assessment of Wheelchair Users
Purpose: The Purpose of the study is to assess and understand how manual wheelchair users move around in their community and participate in different activities and compare their day-to-day life activities to that of an established clinical measure.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Male or Female
- 18 years old 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; ≈ 2.5 hours): Participation includes questionnaires, upper extremity strength and wheelchair assessments.
- Pre-Screener: Determine eligibility
- You will fill out questions online (Link)
- Part 1: Preliminary procedures and strength assessment in the lab
- Fill out questionnaires regarding your wheelchair use and activities
- Upper extremity range of motion and strength assessment
- 6-minute wheelchair push test and outdoor basic movements
- Part 2: Keep a record of daily activities for a week
- Take home, Garmin watch (GPS tracker)
- Journal of daily activities
Will I receive anything for participating?
- Participants that complete both parts will receive up to $50.00 ($25 each part).
How to contact us:
Principal Investigator Jacob Rammer, Ph.D.( 414.251.6160, jrrammer@uwm.edu)
Co-investigators: Maja Gorsic, Ph.D. (gorsic@uwm.edu), Grace Fasipe (gofasipe@uwm.edu)
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