Remote training program aims to reduce shoulder pain in wheelchair users
NCT ID NCT03164278
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an online training program can help wheelchair users improve their transfer technique and reduce shoulder pain. The program teaches proper wheelchair setup, body positioning, and transfer movements. Researchers are measuring changes in transfer skills and pain levels in 200 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Independent Transfer Training Program (online behavioral training)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an effective online training method to help wheelchair users transfer more safely and with less shoulder pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small study with no control group, so results may not be widely applicable. The training is behavioral, so individual adherence and outcomes may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Utilize a wheelchair for the majority of mobility (over 40 hours per week). 2. Ability to transfer independently (may use equipment like sliding boards). 3. Use of seated pivot transfer 4. Speak English as a primary a language Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pain prohibiting transfers 2. Active use of the lower limb muscles during transfers 3. Current or recent history (last 3 months) of pressure sores
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15206, United States