PMG Funded Studies
Below is a list of the research projects funded by PMG; you will be able to download the final reports of the completed studies.
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Power mobility in early childhood
2022
Beginning Power Mobility Phase 2: exploring power mobility use in early childhood
Mobility allows young children to explore and learn about their world. For children with limited mobility, power mobility devices such as power wheelcha...
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Social psychological explanations for compliance in seating
2016
Posture and pressure management: social psychological explanations for compliance with use of clinically prescribed seating functions
The primary aim of this study is to identify the reasons that people give to explain their leve...
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Postural support in lying
2015
Postural support in lying: practice considerations. Stages 2 and 3
Postural support in lying plays a role in 24-hour postural management programmes along with supported sitting and standing. It is provided primarily at night with comm...
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Propulsion and kinematics in manual wheelchairs
2015
Understanding propulsive shoulder forces and scapular kinematics during manual wheelchair use
We do not understand enough about how the interaction between different wheelchair configurations and the user affects forces acting on shou...
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Control devices for electrically powered wheelchairs
2014
A survey of user perspectives on control devices for electrically powered wheelchairs
An electrically powered wheelchair (EPW) occupant uses a control device to direct the wheelchair to move at the desired speed and direction of trave...
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Dynamic seating for dystonia
2013
Systematic review of dynamic seating for dystonia
This is a proposal for a systematic review of the research literature on the use of dynamic seating for dystonic movement disorders. The proposed review follows on from a narrative rev...
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One arm drive wheelchairs
2013
Measurement of (1) shoulder muscle activity and (2) hand/handrim contact force used in one arm drive wheelchairs: a comparison of the Neater Uni-wheelchair to other contemporary one arm drive wheelchairs
Research indicates that one ar...
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Physical management of people in low awareness states (LAS)
2011
A prospective case series to investigate current practice in the physical management of people in low awareness states (LAS)
Advances in medical sciences and technology have allowed more severely impaired people to survive in LAS. The...
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Specialist seating and wheelchairs: what matters to young people?
2011
A qualitative study entitled “Wheelchair seating equipment for children: parents’/carers’ views and experiences” was recently completed (Taylor and Porter 2009). It was funded by the Elizabeth Casson Trust and was presen...
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Decision-making on equipment in wheelchair services
2010
How do wheelchair users and their carers want to be involved in making decisions about their equipment at the wheelchair service?
Patient involvement has been a focus of government health policy for some time, as a method of improving...
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Assessments for wheelchairs and seating
2009
An exploration of communication during wheelchair and adaptive seating system assessments for disabled children and their families
Disabled children and their families have been the subject of significant policy developments over rece...
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Accepting wheelchair use
2008
Accepting wheelchair use: using qualitative methodology to develop a theory of wheelchair use
This qualitative study examines the lived experiences of ten individuals with a range of experiences and perspectives, to dev...
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Acquisition and analysis of 3D shapes of postural support system
2008
For 30 years or more specialists in seating services in the developed world have captured many thousands of shapes (contours) in various forms for special seating systems. The development of these systems has transformed wheelchairs allowing pe...
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Caregiving for physically disabled children who use wheelchairs
2008
The impact of caregiving for physically disabled children who use wheelchairs on their caregivers' occupational performance, health and satisfaction
Much work is currently being undertaken to explore the content of best static and dyn...
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Positioning patients in low awareness states
2008
Positioning patients in low awareness states in wheelchair and bed: experiences of nurses and health care assistants (HCAs)
The main role of rehabilitation for patients in low awareness states is to maximise potential for recovery, ma...
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Wheelchair navigation and unilateral neglect
2008
Wheelchair navigation and unilateral neglect: can the use of technology improve performance?
Unilateral neglect is a deficit seen following stroke, and results in patients missing, or neglecting, the side of space opposite their brain...
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Night time postural management
2007
What is the effect of postural management at night on hip stability and quality of sleep in children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP) and how do the children and their parents view it?
This study will use up to 15 case studies of yo...
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Postural management for schoolchildren with physical disabilities
2007
Exploring teachers’ perceptions of postural management programmes for children with complex physical disabilities within mainstream education
Increasing numbers of children with complex physical disabilities are being educated i...
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Power assisted wheelchairs
2006
A single blind controlled study to assess advantages of power assist wheelchairs
Power Assist Wheelchairs (PAWs) have been designed to provide motorised assistance to people maintaining the option of self propelling. Previous studies ...
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Biomechanics and kinematics of standing in children with cerebral palsy
2005
A study of the biomechanics and kinematics of standing during development, and in children with cerebral palsy
This study aims to define the parameters for standing support provision. The first phase of the study is a cross sectional ...
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Wheelchair mobility following stroke
2005
Wheelchair mobility for people following stroke with perceptual problems
Stroke is the primary cause of chronic mobility problems in the UK and affected people are often dependent on wheelchairs for their mobility. Some people who cou...
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Wheelchair stability and ‘ tippiness’
2005
Balancing manual wheelchair stability and ‘ tippiness’ for functional independence
There have been many studies measuring the static stability of manual wheelchairs but very little on dynamic stability, or how this relates...
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