Physical fitness and daily activities of children with congenital heart disease.

Conditions: congenital heart disease
heart disease in children
10010394

Registration Number: NL-OMON30800

Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

- aged between 8 and 17 years
- congenital cardiac disease (ventricular septum defect (VSD), atrium septum defect (ASD), Tetralogy of Fallot (TF), transposition large arteries (TLA), patients after the (modified) Fontan-operation)
- signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- exept the congenital heart disease, no other pathologies
- metabolic, neurologic, muscular of orthopedic pathology/malformation
- syndromes in which congenital heart disease is only 1 of the symptoms
- decompensatio cordis (NYHA-class I-IV)
- cyanosis (baseline saturation <90%)
- tachycardia/bradycardia
- acute illness/disease (such as viral infections)

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Physical fitness, examined during the incremental cycling test. In addition,<br /><br>activity patterns of the children for a period of 7 days will be registered<br /><br>using an activity monitor. Using these data, insight is provided into the<br /><br>background of the possible differences in physical fitness and physical<br /><br>characteristics between the several congenital heart diseases and between<br /><br>congenital heart disease and controls.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Physical characteristics (i.e., fat percentage, body mass index, pulmonary<br /><br>function) will be examined using non-invasive and not painful/harmful<br /><br>procedures/techniques.</p><br>