Examining the feasibility of exercise-related outcome measures for children with spastic cerebral palsy, who are propelling a manual wheelchair.
Completed
- Conditions
- cerebral palsyspastic children10029305
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON35959
- Lead Sponsor
- Revalidatiecentrum De Hoogstraat
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
* Diagnosed with cerebral palsy (according to the SCPE-criteria)
* children who are proepelling a wheelchair (GMFCS level III and IV)
* capable of following simple commands
* aged between 7 and 18 years
* informed consent of children and parents
Exclusion Criteria
* children having, besides cerebral palsy, other conditions that can influence their exercise performance or can influence their exercise capacity (for example, spina bifida or heart problems)
* children can not be included in another research project that can influence the results of the current study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Heart rate, maximal oxygen consumption during exercise, and total exercise time<br /><br>for the aerobic exercise tests. Exercise time and calculated power for the<br /><br>anaerobic exercise tests.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>nvt</p><br>