Effectiveness and feasibility of intensive short-term graded exercise programmes

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Paediatrics; Nervous System Diseases; Cerebral palsy

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81214142
• Lead Sponsor: Sussex NHS Research Consortium (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

1. Children and young people cerebral palsy at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels IV and V as this is the population for which exercise to be used
2. Aged 8 to 17 years - 8 years as tall enough to use trike and 17 years as research is taking place largely in schools and this would be upper limit to complete the study
3. Ability to pedal on a static bicycle and take steps on the treadmill when given additional postural support
4. Ability to follow the instructions needed for different aspects of graded exercise

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of fracture to legs - may be vulnerable to further fracture
2. Cardiovascular disease - risk of heart/respiratory problems

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Gross Motor Function Measure-66, 88D and 88E<br>2. Kidscreen 27 (quality of life measure)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o secondary outcome measures