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  • Pediatric Rehabilitation
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Mobility is crucial for causal reasoning development in children.
  • Severe motor disabilities limit interaction, potentially delaying causal learning.
  • Investigating assistive technology to enhance causal inference in children with disabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the usability of a wheelchair-mounted mobility platform for children with severe motor disabilities.
  • To collect preliminary data on the platform's impact on causal learning metrics.
  • To inform sample size and session number for future, larger trials.

Main Methods:

  • Pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with four children (GMFCS IV-V).
  • Intervention group used a wheelchair-mounted mobility platform; control group received standard therapy.
  • Assessed usability (therapist questionnaire, SUS) and causal learning (reaction time, keystroke accuracy).

Main Results:

  • Therapists reported positive usability of the mobility platform.
  • Children using the platform showed promising trends in reaction time and keystroke accuracy.
  • Preliminary data provided estimates for future study sample sizes and session requirements.

Conclusions:

  • The mobility platform is feasible and usable by therapists for children with severe disabilities.
  • While trends were positive, conclusive evidence for enhanced causal learning was not found.
  • Pilot data offers valuable insights for designing future, statistically powered trials focused on keystroke accuracy.