Ongoing Study

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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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