Just to echo Martins comments, I have one user who would seem ideal for
integration. However she doesn't want to tie her ecs down to the
wheelchair as she feels that wheelchair support is much slower than ecs.
Barry
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Subject: Re: Finger Pot Wheelchair Control and Muscular Dystrophy
Hi Aejaz,
I provided one a few years ago to a patient with MND. He had a Mobile
Arm Support and used it with a metal dibber. It worked because he drove
in an open flat area in an institution with a large dayroom.
Since then I have worked with a number of people with MND, Spinal
Muscular Atrophy and Muscular Dytrophy and they have all found the HMC
mini joystick much easier to use as it is possible to operate it with
less movement. It is important not to get the finger pot wet so this
limits the scope outdoors.
With regard integration the RNet OMNI is quite hopeful as it can be
configured to access drive/speed/actuators/ECS/mouse all from the
joystick without an additional switch. I am just in the process of
providing a chair to do the above but I have kept the ECS separate as
the client already has one. My main concern was who would implement and
support the ECS on the OMNI as ECS and wheelchair are provided from
separate services.
The DX2 joystick is a possibility but there is an unfortunate 2 second
delay on mouse function selections. Also the ECS is limited to a small
number of functions without labels/symbols. The DX SCR is better in most
respects.
The other issue about ECS is how will the person access it when they are
in bed/ staic chair etc.
The Genie and DX-Wise are also possibilities.
The mini-joystick is also available from HMC for direct PC access.
Regards
Martin
Martin Wozencroft
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Specialist Disability Service
Oxford Centre for Enablement
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Subject: Finger Pot Wheelchair Control and Muscular Dystrophy
Hi all
Does anyone here have experience of using the 'Finger Pot' wheelchair
controller for clients with MD who have extremely limited range of upper
limb movement? If so, would you be able to share your experience about
this and other controllers you might have trialled? Also, have you tried
integrating this with computer control and ECS?
Thanks and regards,
Aejaz
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