Piloting Movement-to-Music With Arm-based Sprint-Intensity Interval Training Among Children With Physical Disabilities
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Sprint-Intensity Interval Training with Telecoaching
- Registration Number
- NCT05619211
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Brief Summary
This study is investigating the potential effects of a high-intensity home-exercise program among children with cerebral palsy. The program includes rhythmic movements to music that are adapted for wheelchair uses and age-appropriate themes. This project has the potential to address a large knowledge gap in the extant literature, because there are no widely accessible, evidence-based, enjoyable, and age-appropriate modalities for improving cardiovascular fitness or cardiometabolic health among children with disabilities who have mobility disabilities.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- have a medical diagnosis of cerebral palsy, as determined by ICD-10 codes
- aged 6-17 years old
- a Gross Motor Function Classification System Level I-III (as determined via participant screening, explained in the protocol section below)
- medical clearance to participate in high-intensity exercise from a physician (using the attached medical screening form and explained in the intervention safety, monitoring, and response plan)
- access to a Wi-Fi Internet connection in the home via mobile phone or tablet computer
- a caregiver who will support and monitor the participant's safety during the intervention and manage the child's exercise schedule.
- physically active (defined as >150 minutes per week of self-reported moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise in a typical week)
- cannot use their arms for exercise
- a Gross Motor Function Classification Level of IV-V
- complete blindness or deafness;
- Any past history of a contraindication to exercise testing according to American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines (Liguori and American College of Sports Medicine, 2020): significant change in the resting electrocardiogram suggesting significant ischemia, myocardial infarction, or other cardiac event, unstable angina, uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmias causing symptoms or hemodynamic compromise, symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure, pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction, myocarditis or pericarditis, aneurysm.
- pregnant (due to radiation from a Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry [DEXA] scan)
- has not been seen by a physician within the last year
- uses a g-tube
Eligible caregivers will include parents or legal guardians of the child, who can commit sufficient time to support the child in their roles for the study and communicate in English. Caregivers who have complete blindness or deafness will be excluded from participation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Movement-to-Music Sprint-Intensity Interval Training with Telecoaching 12 weeks of sprint-intensity interval training while following along with YouTube videos that include arm-based routines, with coaching through telecommunications. Participants are instructed to maintain their habitual diet and nutrition patterns
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in pVO2 Week 0, Week 13 peak oxygen consumption (mL/kg-1/min-1) obtained from a graded exercise test on an arm ergometer
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in fasting low-density lipoprotein Week 0, Week 13 LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) measured via dried blood spot test
Changes in systolic blood pressure Week 0, Week 13 systolic blood pressure (mmHg) measured via blood pressure cuff
changes in Hemoglobin A1C Week 0, Week 13 HbA1C (mmol/mol) measured via dried blood spot test
changes in fasting high-density lipoprotein Week 0, Week 13 HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) measured via dried blood spot test
changes in total body fat Week 0, Week 13 body fat in pounds (lbs) measured via DXA scan
changes in fat tissue percentage Week 0, Week 13 percentage of fat tissue per whole body weight
changes in fasting insulin Week 0, Week 13 Fasting Insulin (μIU/mL) measured via dried blood spot test
changes in fasting triglycerides Week 0, Week 13 Fasting Triglycerides (mg/dL) measured via dried blood spot test
Changes in diastolic blood pressure Week 0, Week 13 diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) measured via blood pressure cuff
change in body weight Week 0, Week 13 body weight in pounds (lbs) measured via DXA scan
changes in total lean mass Week 0, Week 13 lean mass in pounds (lbs) measured via DXA scan
changes in C-reactive protein Week 0, Week 13 hsCRP (mg/L) measured via dried blood spot test
changes in lean tissue percentage Week 0, Week 13 percentage of lean tissue per whole body weight
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Wellness Health And Research Facility (WHARF)
🇺🇸Homewood, Alabama, United States