title: Modified ride-on toy cars for early power mobility: a technical report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Children with significantly decreased mobility have limited opportunities to explore their physical and social environment. A variety of assistive technologies are available to increase mobility; however, no single device provides the level of functional mobility that children developing typically enjoy. The purpose of this technical report is to formally introduce a new power mobility option--the modified ride-on toy car.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report will provide (a) an overview of toy car features, (b) examples of basic electrical and mechanical modifications, and (c) a brief clinical case.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With creative use and customized modifications, toy cars can function as a "general learning environment" for use in the clinic, home, and school. As such, we anticipate that these cars will become a multiuse clinical tool to address not only mobility goals but also goals involving body function and structure such as posture and movement impairments.
authors.affiliation: Infant Behavior Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA. hsiangha@udel.edu
authors.forename: Hsiang-Han
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Galloway
mesh_terms: D001336:Automobiles; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012656:Self-Help Devices