《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2021, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (9): 1059-1065.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2021.09.009

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Clinical Advance in Pediatric Wheelchair (review)

SHEN Jie1,2,ZHOU Xuan1,DU Qing1()   

  1. 1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
    2. School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Received:2020-06-11 Revised:2021-06-12 Published:2021-09-25 Online:2021-10-09
  • Contact: DU Qing E-mail:duqing@xinhuamed.com.cn
  • Supported by:
    Assistive Devices for Persons with Disabilities Research Program of "14th Five-Year Plan" Career Planning for Persons with Disabilities Key Research Program in Early-Stage(CJFJRRB03-2019);Medical Engineering Cross Research Fund of Shanghai Jiaotong University "Jiaotong Star Plan"(YG2019ZDA23);Xinhua-Ottawa Clinical Research International Cooperative Program(18JXO06)

Abstract:

Objective To systematically review the effectiveness of pediatric wheelchairs on the function of children with disabilities.Methods Literatures about clinical application of pediatric wheelchairs were researched from the PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, EBSCO (CINAHL), CNKI, Wanfang Database and VIP Database, till February, 2021. The clinical application effectiveness of pediatric wheelchairs was extracted and analyzed by inductive approach.Results A total of ten case studies, one randomized controlled study and one cohort study were included, and quality assessment showed low quality. There were different types of pediatric wheelchairs for all ages over twelve months and different disease types of children, mostly for cerebral palsy. The review showed that pediatric wheelchairs mainly improved the motor function of disabled children, promoted the development of cognitive functions, and improved activities and participation abilities. The wheelchairs could be individually adapted to manual wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs and smart wheelchairs, according to the individual conditions of the children, with additional postural support devices for adaptive transformation.Conclusion Pediatric wheelchairs can be used to improve the function and quality of life of children with disabilities. Although functional rehabilitation effects of pediatric wheelchairs have shown a promising trend, most of the current studies are case reports, and there is a lack of high-quality clinical control studies, and the unified adaptation standard has not been established yet.

Key words: children, assistive devices, wheelchair, rehabilitation, review