Evolution of physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents after burn injury
Completed
- Conditions
- burnsburn injury100283931004079010024450
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON38885
- Lead Sponsor
- Martini Ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Eligible are children in the age between 6 and 18 years, who are admitted to one of the three Dutch Burn Centres with burns of at least 5% total body surface area or more and/or hospitalised for 2 weeks or more.
Exclusion Criteria
- patients with extensive (pre-existing) morbidity unrelated to the burn injury, interfering with fitness
- children and/or their parents who are insufficiently proficient in Dutch
- no signed informed consent (by legal representatives (parents) and/or children if > 12 years)
* children with a contra-indication for exercise testing will not perform the cycling test, however, may otherwise be included.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Change in physical fitness, specifically aerobic capacity expressed as WRpeak<br /><br>(WRpeak) and VO2peak (ml/min), also relative for weight (ml/kg/min)) over time,<br /><br>from hospital discharge to 6 months post discharge.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method