The Impact of Transfer Setup on the Performance of Independent Transfers: Phase I Final Report

Subjects
The target sample required wheeled mobility device users who lived in the community and were able to transfer independently (with or without a transfer board) and who represent a broad spectrum of disabilities.  Subjects were eligible to participate if they (1) were at least 18 years old, (2) able to independently perform a transfer to/from a WMD with or without transfer board, (3) owned a WMD, and (4) had been using the WMD for at least one year.  Subjects were excluded from the study if they had (1) significant upper extremity pain or injury that would inhibit the ability to perform transfers (2) active or recent history of pressure sores pressure sores.

Subjects were tested at the 24th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sport Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colorado during March 2010; at the 30th National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Denver, Colorado during July 2010; at the Hiram G Andrews Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania during November 2010 and March 2011; during the US Access Board Meeting in Chicago, Illinois during September 2010; at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between June 2010 and April 2011; and at H. John Heinz III VA Progressive care center in June 2011.