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ReviewNeuroscience letters2022

Mini-review: Robotic wheelchair taxonomy and readiness.

Sivashankar Sivakanthan, Jorge L Candiotti, Andrea S Sundaram, Jonathan A Duvall, James Joseph Gunnery Sergeant, Rosemarie Cooper, Shantanu Satpute, Rose L Turner, Rory A Cooper

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuroscience letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. User Field Testing for Robot Wheelchairs: A Mixed-Method Approach.IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings] · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sivashankar SivakanthanHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Human Engineering Research Laboratories, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jorge L CandiottiHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Human Engineering Research Laboratories, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Andrea S SundaramHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Human Engineering Research Laboratories, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jonathan A DuvallHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Human Engineering Research Laboratories, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
James Joseph Gunnery SergeantHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rosemarie CooperHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Human Engineering Research Laboratories, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Shantanu SatputeHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Human Engineering Research Laboratories, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rose L TurnerHealth Science Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rory A CooperHuman Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Human Engineering Research Laboratories, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: rcooper@pitt.edu.
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Wheelchairs and Rehabilitation EngineeringI50RX002998 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI RORY A. COOPER, BRAD E. DICIANNO · 2019 to 2026
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OPTIMIZATION AND EVALUATION OF A SELF-LEVELING POWER WHEELCHAIR FOR TIP PREVENTIONIK1RX003076 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI CANDIOTTI, JORGE · 2020 to 2020
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Modification of Group 3 Power Wheelchair and Automated Patient Transfer Bed for CompatibilityIK1RX003206 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI DUVALL, JONATHAN · 2021 to 2024
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RR&D Research Career Scientist Award ApplicationIK6RX003916 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI RORY A. COOPER · 2022 to 2026
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RRD VA I50 RX002998RRD VA IK1 RX003076RRD VA IK1 RX003206RRD VA IK2 RX003806RRD VA IK6 RX003916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robotic wheelchair research and development is a growing sector. This article introduces a robotic wheelchair taxonomy, and a readiness model supported by a mini-review. The taxonomy is constructed by power wheelchair and, mobile robot standards, the ICF and, PHAATE models. The mini-review of 2797 articles spanning 7 databases produced 205 articles and 4 review articles that matched inclusion/exclusion criteria. The review and analysis illuminate how innovations in robotic wheelchair research progressed and have been slow to translate into the marketplace.

Indexed as

Equipment DesignHumansRoboticsWheelchairsAssistive technologyObstacle detectionParticipatory action designTerrain negotiationUsability

Identifiers

PMID35104618
PMCPMC8887066
OpenAlexW4210732259

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.