Evaluation of the Nino® Two-Wheeled Power Mobility Device: A Pilot Study.

Novel technologies such as the Nino® two-wheeled powered mobility device are promoted as offering an intuitive improved experience compared to conventional wheelchair mobility use. The Nino® has a smaller footprint than a power wheelchair, a zero-degree turning radius, tiller-based steering, and relies on the user leaning forwards and back to move and brake. This study aimed to evaluate manual wheelchair users' ability to use the Nino® to complete a variety of wheelchair skills, and also investigated task demand, user confidence, and user perceptions.

Wheelchair skills training programme for children: a pilot study.

Aim: Wheelchair skills are not typically provided when a child gets a new wheelchair. The purpose of this prospective pilot study was to determine the effectiveness of a two-day modified Wheelchair Skills Programme 3.2 for children.

The Segway for people with disabilities: meeting clients' mobility goals.

Objective: The goal of this study was to determine how the Segway compares to clients' current method of mobility in meeting their specific mobility goals.

Design: This study included 10 subjects (aged 19-65 yrs) with a wide range of disabilities (e.g.

The segway personal transporter as an alternative mobility device for people with disabilities: a pilot study.

Objectives: To determine the functional measures that best correlate with the skill levels of people with disabilities who operate a Segway Personal Transporter, and-using a qualitative analysis-to explore subjects' experience with the Segway.

Design: A prospective study encompassing 3 training sessions with the Segway to correlate subjects' functional ability (eg, cognition, balance, mobility, muscle strength) with their skill level on the device.

Setting: A provincial adult rehabilitation center.

Wheeling efficiency: the effects of varying tyre pressure with children and adolescents.

Purpose: Clinicians often observe child wheelchair users wheeling on tyres that are not inflated to manufacturer's recommendations. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in energy expenditure that are related to decreased tyre pressure.

Methods: A within subject repeated measures design was used to assess the energy requirements of wheeling with four randomized tire inflation levels (25, 50, 75 and 100% of recommended tire pressure, 100 psi).

The ergonomics of different tyres and tyre pressure during wheelchair propulsion.

It is believed that the newer solid tyres on wheelchairs perform as well as pneumatic tyres along with less cost and time for maintenance. The questions are: (1) do solid tyres perform as well as pneumatic tyres and (2) what is the critical level of pneumatic tyre pressure before wheeling efficiency decreases? Part one measured the rolling resistance differences of five commonly used wheelchair tyres (three pneumatic and two solid) under four different tyre pressures (100, 75, 50 and 25 of inflation). Part two measured the oxygen consumption in 15 participants with paraplegia, during wheelchair propulsion, comparing the same four levels of tyre inflation.