evels of physical fitness and physical activity in children and adolescents after moderate to severe burn injury.
Completed
- Conditions
- burnsburn injury1002445010040790
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON37712
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
- children in the age of 6 up to and including 18 years
- admitted to one of the three Dutch burn centers between 6 months and 5 years ago
- burn injury involving at least 10% of the total body surface area (% TBSA) and/or hospitalized at least 6 weeks
- at least 2 months after discharge at time of assessments
Exclusion Criteria
- extensive pre-existing comorbidity or (mental) disabilities
- no signed informed consent (by the parents and/or children >12 years)
- insufficient Dutch language proficiency
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Physical fitness<br /><br>- Cardiorespiratory endurance, expressed as VO2peak (ml/min) and relative for<br /><br>weight (ml/kg/min)<br /><br><br /><br>Physical activity<br /><br>- Daily activity, expressed as activity counts</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Physical fitness<br /><br>- Cardiovascular endurance<br /><br>* HRpeak<br /><br>* %HR01 and %HR02<br /><br>* WRpeak<br /><br><br /><br>- Muscular strength<br /><br>* Force (Newton) per muscle group<br /><br><br /><br>- Flexibility<br /><br>* Range of motion (degrees) per movement<br /><br><br /><br>- Body composition<br /><br>* BMI (kg/m2)<br /><br>* Percentage fat mass<br /><br><br /><br>Physical activity<br /><br>* Score on questionnaire 'Beweeggedrag'<br /><br><br /><br>Health-Related Quality of life<br /><br>* Score on Dutch version of Burn Outcome Questionnaire<br /><br>* Score on the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale<br /><br><br /><br>Relevant demographic information, burn and treatment characteristics will be<br /><br>mainly acquired from patient files in the cooperating burn centers/hospitals<br /><br>and replenished from the questionnaires. Use of medication, as well as medical<br /><br>background, will be asked for beforehand, using the Exercise Preparticipation<br /><br>Screening. </p><br>