Development and Assessment of One-hand Propellable Manual Wheelchair for Hemiplegic Patients (한 손 추진이 가능한 편마비 환자용 수동 휠체어 개발 및 평가)

Jemo Park (박제모); Baek Ji Young (백지영); Chung Hyunae (정현애); Hwa Shik Jung (정화식)

doi:10.14519/jksot.2014.22.4.08

Development and Assessment of One-hand Propellable Manual Wheelchair for Hemiplegic Patients

Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy
Abbr : Korean J of Occup Ther
2014, 22(4), pp.89-102
DOI : 10.14519/jksot.2014.22.4.08
Publisher : Korean Society Of Occupational Therapy
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Working Therapeutics

Jemo Park ¹, Baek Ji Young ², Chung Hyunae ², Hwa Shik Jung ³

¹씨티재활의학과 요양병원 재활센터 작업치료실
²동신대학교 작업치료학과
³동신대학교

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Objective : The purpose of this study was to analyze the usage problems of a standard manual wheelchair forhemiplegic clients and to develop a ‘one-handed propellable manual wheelchair’ and identifying its effectiveness. Methods : Thirty hemiplegic clients who were admitted into a rehabilitation and convalescent hospital in ametropolitan city participated as subjects. The research tools were standard manual wheelchairs commonly usedby people with an impaired gait and a one-handed propellable device equipped on a manual wheelchair developedfor this study to evaluate its effectiveness. Wheelchair Skill Tests (WST), drivability, convenience, difference, andacceptability were adopted as the evaluation tools. Results : The failure rate of all WST items was recorded for more than 96.7% of the participants who drove astandard manual wheelchair without using their feet. As compared to an existing wheelchair, the statistical resultsshowed a significant effect on the WST, drivability, convenience, difference, and acceptability for the participantswhen driving a manual wheelchair equipped with the developed device. Conclusion : These findings imply that the use of a one-handed propellable wheelchair can be an active andeffective solution to solve the problems for hemiplegic clients who are using existing manual wheelchairs. Therefore, the government should provide institutional support to develop and distribute this technology andpromote relative research, allowing the mobility and occupational performance of hemiplegic clients to increase.

KEYWORDS

Hemiplegia, Manual wheelchair, Mobility, One-hand propellable manual wheelchair, Wheelchair Skills Test (WST)

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Development and Assessment of One-hand Propellable Manual Wheelchair for Hemiplegic Patients

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