Spinergy Wheels I can not imagine your not aware…
I had not long back requested clinical and other documented information links or information they had about there wheels. Based on my use of them in an effort to determine whether they would work for my needs or not, what to me felt both like less effort to self propel with, as well as a significant improvement in comfort seemed to me a logical reason to request a set of these wheels.
Well good ole Aetna decided that my simple layperson speak is not good enough proof. Or that I just want them for any other number of reasons I can not imagine. And, honestly I rather liked the look of the lightweight metal spoked rims better. But, becuase those did not provide the needed comfort I required for all day independence, at best I could do was 30 minutes to maybe one hour worth of use before being wiped out for the day. I say the comfort was signifacant to me, based on the fact that I can go all day long in my home, partake in normal daily acitivites like use the toilet, prepare food, dust, watch TV, and access the entire main floor of my house any tim I want to. All with out added aggravation of my left SI Joint…
Spinergy’s customer service is very good as thet replied quickly, but sadly with out the information I have been seeking. I found it.
Hughes B; Sawatzky BJ; Hol AT
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the energy efficiency of straight-line wheeling using Spinergy wheels as compared with standard steel-spoke wheels, and to assess the 2 wheels in terms of user comfort and wheeling preference during a wheeling course with multiple turns and surfaces. DESIGN: Nonblinded randomized crossover trial. SETTING: Rehabilitation center. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty persons with paraplegia (neurologic level T6 and below). INTERVENTION: Wheeling a straight line and obstacle course with Spinergy or standard spoke wheelchair wheels. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Velocity and Physiological Cost Index (PCI) while wheeling over ground at a self-selected pace, and the User Preference Questionnaire after wheeling an obstacle course, using Spinergy or standard spoke wheelchair wheels. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in wheeling energy efficiency between the Spinergy and the steel-spoke wheels as measured by PCI ( P =.975). When rated for overall comfort, the Spinergy wheels were preferred over steel-spoke wheels ( P =.002). CONCLUSIONS: Spinergy wheels provided a more comfortable ride, but did not differ from standard steel-spoked wheels in terms of energy efficiency. The increased comfort may have important implications in patient management of pain and spasticity.
I have also located other like tests that say almost the same thing as this test in where medically trained Dr’s used highly controlled condtions, and a population that was not in severe pain, and did not suffer from SIJD and an adverse Radio Frequency Ablation treatment over seven months ago at this time, where I am in the same sate of pain as I was at 2 weeks, then 1 month, and 2 months…
It seems that my lack of pain, and ability to partake in more of my normal daily life inside as a sign of Spinergy’s wheels as more energy efficient than the others as well as have the best comfort as compared to the other wheels I had tried. So I only got the comfort part correct, I would say not bad for a layperson to realize.
