Research Article

A Participatory Approach to Develop the Power Mobility Screening Tool and the Power Mobility Clinical Driving Assessment Tool

Table 7

List of outdoor driver tasks.

Ranked outdoor driver tasks from the survey List of outdoor tasks in the first iteration of the PMCDA
after the focus group
Specific changes suggested during
the discussion forum
Professional experts’ ranksOutdoor driver tasks

1(i) Avoids moving obstacles approaching from both sides—left and right
(ii) Drives forward 30 ft in 30 s
(i) Drives forward 30 ft in 30 s
(ii) Drives over an unpaved surface
(iii) Ascends 5° incline
(iv) Descends 5° incline
(v) Ascends 10° incline
(vi) Descends 10° incline
(vii) Crosses a street
(viii) Rolls 10 ft across 5° side-slope
(ix) Ascends an ADA1 curb cut
(x) Descends an ADA1 curb cut
No additional tasks suggested
2Ascends 5° incline
3Descends 5° incline
4(i) Crossing street without lights
(ii) Rolls 10 ft across 5° side-slope
0(i) Ascends 10° incline
(ii) Descends 10° incline
(iii) Is able to drive over 15 cm pot-hole

American Disabilities Act.