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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Phys Ther. 2020 Apr;32(2):129–135. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000690

Table 2.

Extraction and Coding of Perceived Barriers from Previously Published Research Studies of Modified Ride-On Cars.

Reference Perceived Barriers Assigned Code of Perceived Barrier
Chiulli (1988) • Initial ‘lurch’ with activation • Device
Deitz (2002) • Family vacation
• Child’s health
• Loud
• Disruptive when used indoors
• Difficulty driving on rough surfaces
• Large turning radius
• Experienced frequent but solvable break downs
• Impracticality of use in small classrooms/crowded spaces
• Caregiver: Time
• Child: Health
• Device
• Device
• Device
• Device
• Device
• Environmental
Huang, Ragonesi, Stoner, Peffley, & Galloway (2014) • Weather
• Child’s tolerance
• Inability to install joystick to teach child to steer
• Child’s health
• Environmental
• Child: Tolerance
• Device
• Child: Health
Logan, Huang, Stahlin, & Galloway (2014) • Weather
• Child’s tolerance
• Child’s health (sickness, tired from multiple medical appointments, recovering from surgery)
• Environmental
• Child: Tolerance
• Child: Health

Logan, Feldner, Galloway, & Huang (2016) • Physical effort of clinical staff involved in transition children in and out of ride-on car
• Physical exertion required for arm’s length supervision for safety
• Physical demand required to assist with driving and positioning since car is low to the ground
• Increased personnel demand to supervise car play sessions when researcher not present
• Child’s health
• Possible that cognitive delay contributed to requiring assistance to learn to drive independently
• Difficulty in transferring children into appropriate modified ride-on cars to accommodate size, weight, and operational needs of the child’s ventilator
• Caregiver: Physical

• Caregiver: Physical

• Caregiver: Physical

• Caregiver: Physical

• Child: Health
• Child: Abilities

• Device
Ross et al. (2017) • Steering was difficult
• Refusal of child
• Adult supervision required for steering, transferring child in and out of device, avoiding obstacles
• Disinterest, fatigue, and request to get out of device
• Child: Ability
• Child: Tolerance
• Caregiver: Physical

• Child: Tolerance
Feldner, 2018 • Lack of space in classroom
• Noisy/disruptive in classroom
• Expensive as out-of-pocket item
• Large size
• Family/therapist priority for child to walk as primary mode of mobility
• Process of choosing a ride-on car
• Community-based, decentralized process of modified ride-on car provision was frustrating at times
• Environmental
• Device
• Device
• Device
• Caregiver: Motivation
• Caregiver: Motivation
• Caregiver: Motivation
Feldner, Logan, Galloway (2018) • Difficult to use on playground woodchips • Environmental
Huang, Chen, Huang, Shih, Hsieh, & Chen (2018) • Child’s health (sickness)
• Family vacation
• Child: Health
• Caregiver: Time
Logan, Hospodar, Feldner, Huang, & Galloway (2018) • Lack of space
• Lack of time
• Environmental
• Caregiver: Time
Logan, Catena, Sabet, Hospodar, Yohn, Govindan, & Galloway, 2019 • Weather
• Lack of space
• Lack of time
• Decreased motivation for their child to drive once competence in switch activation was demonstrated
• Environmental
• Environmental
• Caregiver: Time
• Caregiver: Motivation