Ready, Set, Go! A Physical Fitness Intervention for Children With Mobility Challenges

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Motor Skills Disorders; Gross Motor Development Delay; Myelomeningocele; Arthrogryposis
• Interventions: Behavioral: adapted Chicago Run running program

• Registration Number: NCT04789746
• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University

Brief Summary

Barriers to keeping and maintaining fitness as a young person with a disability exist across many domains of access to community locations such as fitness centers, so looking outside of these establishments may be necessary to advance fitness. This study is aimed at piloting a program that would address some of these barriers by hosting a modified after school running program with an underserved population in an accessible way. There is a second option to participate outside of school.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-02-20
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-05
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-10
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-13
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2024-12
• Study Completion: 2024-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• a medical diagnosis (for example, cerebral palsy) that causes them mobility limitations

Exclusion Criteria

• concurrent medical condition that would make exercise unsafe,
• are unable to follow simple commands
• have behaviors that would potentially compromise safety of fellow runners or caregivers

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Running group	adapted Chicago Run running program	Participants that will join the running program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Goal attainment scale	at 8 weeks.	a tool designed to standardize the setting and scaling of goals in a way that allows for both improvement and regression as a result of intervention.
30 second walk test	at 8 weeks	Participant will walk as fast as they can for 30 seconds, as a measure of speed.
6 min walk test	at 8 weeks	Participant will walk as far as they can in 6 minutes, as a measure of endurance
Resting heart rate	at 8 weeks	Participant heart rate after 5 minutes of quiet sitting

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Surveys	at 8 weeks	Participants and their parents will answer questions about baseline level of activity, their perception of themselves, and areas of personal strength
Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity (SCALE)	at 8 weeks	a method of assessing the ability of a participant to isolate motion to an individual joint of the lower extremity Min score=0; max score=16, a higher score is a better outcome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwestern University; 🇺🇸 Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States