Endurance Training in Young Persons With Cerebral Palsy; Evaluation of Training Method and Effect

Enthusiasm - Sweat - Satisfaction! In Youngster With CP

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00965133

Enrollment

Registered

2009-08-25

Start date

2009-09-30

Completion date

2011-02-28

Last updated

2013-06-11

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Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Brief summary

The hypotheses of the study are that children / youth with CP will by possibly use of technical aids be able to perform high intensity endurance training by walking / running on a treadmill, and that this training will improve their health by increased aerobic capacity and quality of life.

Interventions

OTHEREndurance training intervention

High intensive interval training of walking / running on treadmill for 1 1/2 - 4 minute,repeated minimum 4 times, at an intensity equalling at least 80% of maximal heart frequency. Performed 2-5 times per week for 4-8 weeks, totally 24 sessions.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

10 Years to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Person with CP, GMFCS-level I-IV, age 10-17 years * Living in Mid-Norway * Wants to increase his / her level of physical activity

Exclusion criteria

* Completes less than 75% of the total number of training sessions * Not able to complete the testing and training procedures due to sickness, injury or other physical and psychological conditions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Aerobic capacity	Sept. 2009 - april 2010

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of life	Sept. 2009 - April 2010

Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026