Development of a Wheelchair Virtual Driving Environment: Trials With Subjects With Traumatic Brain Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 996-1003

  Spaeth, Donald M ^a,d   Mahajan, Harshal ^a,d   Karmarkar, Amol ^a,d   Collins, Diane ^a,d   Cooper, Rory A ^a,c,d   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Rehabilitation; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL FIELD; WHEELCHAIR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 42649105111     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.030     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Kaye H.S., Kang T., and Laplante M.P. Disability statistics report: mobility device use in the United States (2000), US Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Washington (DC)
2. Fehr L., Langbein E., and Skaar S.B. Adequacy of power wheelchair control interfaces for persons with severe disabilities: a clinical survey. J Rehabil Res Dev 37 (2000) 353-360
3. Niniss H., and Nadif A. Simulation of the behaviour of a powered wheelchair using virtual reality. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. Sep 23-25; Alghero (Italy) (2000) 9-14
4. Wu HS, Chen JJ, Chen WL, inventors; Taiwan Bicycle Industry R&D Center, assignee. Wheelchair training platform. US Patent 7004885. 2006 Feb 28.
5. Victorien C., Erren-Wolters C.V., van Dijk H., de Kort A.C., IJzerman M.J., and Jannink M.J. Virtual reality for mobility devices: training applications and clinical results: a review. Int J Rehabil Res 30 (2007) 91-96
6. Webster J.S., McFarland P.T., Rapport L.J., Morrill B., Roades L.A., and Abadee P.S. Computer-assisted training for improving wheelchair mobility in unilateral neglect patients. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 6 (2001) 769-775
7. Harrison A., Derwent G., Enticknap F., Rose F., and Attree A. The role of virtual reality technology in the assessment and training of inexperienced powered wheelchair users. Disabil Rehabil 24 (2002) 599-606
8. Cooper R.A., Widman L.M., Jones D.K., and Robertson R.N. Force sensing control for electric powered wheelchairs. IEEE Trans Control Sys Techno 8 (2000) 112-117
9. Cooper R.A., Jones D.K., Fitzgerald S., Boninger M.L., and Albright S.J. Analysis of position and isometric joysticks for powered wheelchair driving. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 47 (2000) 902-910
10. Cooper R.A., Spaeth D.M., Jones D.K., Boninger M.L., Fitzgerald S.G., and Guo S. Comparison of virtual and real electric powered wheelchair driving using a position sensing joystick and an isometric joystick. Med Eng Phys 24 (2002) 703-708
11. Dicianno B.E., Spaeth D.M., Cooper R.A., Fitzgerald S.G., and Boninger M.L. Advancements in power wheelchair joystick technology: effects of isometric joysticks and signal conditioning on driving performance. [published erratum in: Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2006;85:861]. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 85 (2006) 631-639
12. Dicianno B.E., Spaeth D.M., Cooper R.A., Fitzgerald S.G., Boninger M.L., and Brown K.W. Force control strategies while driving electric powered wheelchairs with isometric and movement-sensing joysticks. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 15 (2007) 144-150
13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rates of hospitalization related to traumatic brain injury-nine states 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 56 (2007) 167-170
14. Thurman D.J., Averson C., Dunn K.A., Guerrero J., and Sniezek J.E. Traumatic brain injury in the United States: a public health report. J Head Trauma Rehabil 14 (1999) 602-615
15. Mangus P., and Clemmens D. A tale of two cities. Facets Magazine (2006) 26-27 Fall/Winter
16. Okie S. Traumatic brain injury in the war zone. N Engl J Med 352 (2005) 2043-2047
17. Spaeth D.M., Brown K., and Cooper R. Using miniature data loggers to characterize electric powered wheelchair performance. Proceedings of the 29th Annual RESNA Conference. Jun 22-26; Atlanta (GA) (2006)
18. Kanyer B. Meeting the seating and mobility needs of the client with traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 7 (1992) 81-93
19. Spaeth D.M. Evaluation of an isometric joystick with control enhancing algorithms for improved driving of electric powered wheelchairs. [dissertation] (2002), Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
20. Cooper R, Spaeth D, Guo S. Variable compliance joystick with compensation algorithms. US patent 20050195166 pending.
21. Bevly A., Spaeth D., and Cooper R. Determining head position to assist electric-powered wheelchair operation for persons with traumatic brain injury. Proceedings of the 28th Annual RESNA Conference. Jun 25-27; Atlanta (GA) (2005)
22. Zhai S., and Woltjer R. Human movement performance in relation to path constraint-the law of steering in locomotion. Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. Mar 22-26; Los Angeles (CA) (2003)
23. Ewert J., Levin S., Watson M., and Kalisky Z. Procedural memory during posttraumatic amnesia in survivors of severe closed head injury. Arch Neurol 46 (1989) 911-916
24. Cohen N., and Squire L. Preserved learning and retention of pattern-analyzing skill in amnesia: dissociation of knowing how and knowing that. Science 210 (1980) 207-210
25. Glisky E., and Schacter D. Extending the limits of complex learning in organic amnesia: computer training in a vocational domain. Neuropsychologia 27 (1989) 107-120