Functional power training in young children with cerebral palsy
- Conditions
- power training, muscle strength training, functional training, cerebral palsy, walking ability, sprint performance, loopvaardigheid, spastische kind, krachttraining.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21727
- Lead Sponsor
- Reade, centrum voor revalidatie en reumatologieVU medisch centrum
- Brief Summary
Feasibility and test-retest reliability of measuring lower limb strength in young children with cerebral palsy. Van Vulpen LF, De Groot S, Becher JG, De Wolf GS, Dallmeijer AJ. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2013 Dec;49(6):803-13. Epub 2013 Oct 9.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Ambulant children (GMFCS I and II) with a predominantly spastic cerebral palsy
- aged 4 - 10 years,
Exclusion criteria are;
1) treatment with botulinum toxin A in lower limb and/or serial casting of lower limb less than 6 months before the start of the functional power training,
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sprint performance and Problem Score of Treatment goals reported by parents and/or children
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Walking ability, Mobility, Muscle Strength