Let’s Ride: Improving physical activity in wheelchair using children and adolescents: wheelchair mobility skills training, wheelchair fitness training or a combination?

Let’s Ride: Evaluation of the combination of a wheelchair mobility skills training and wheelchair fitness training to improve physical activity in wheelchair using children and adolescents.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON29564

Enrollment

Registered

2016-04-15

Start date

2015-06-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Wheelchair using children or adolescents, wheelchair mobility skills, wheelchair fitness, physical activity

Interventions

An eight week wheelchair mobility skills training program using the training protocol of ‘Fit For the Future’ and KJ-Projects: ‘veilig en vertrouwd met een rolstoel’ followed by an eight week wheelcha

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Children or adolescents with a physical disability between the age of 6 and 18 years - Children or adolescents use their manual wheelchair on a daily basis - Children or adolescents have to understand the Dutch language - Children or adolescents have to understand simple instructions - Informed consent of parents and of the children above 12 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Children and adolescents using a fully powered wheelchair - During the study (including follow-up), children are not allowed to participate in other research projects which might influence the current study results - Children and adolescents who are not able to perform physical fitness tests

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
At the level of participation according to the ICF: - Activ8 to assess daily physical activity (% daily active behaviour and % sedentary behavior)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
At the level of body structures according to the ICF: - Shuttle Ride Test to assess aerobic capacity (VO2peak in ml/kg/min and number of shuttles) - Muscle Power Sprint Test to assess anaerobe capacity (Watt/kg) - Functional muscle strength upper extremities (number of repetitions) At the level of activities according to the ICF: - Utrecht Pediatric Wheelchair Mobility Skills Test (UP-WMST) At the level of personal factors according to the ICF: - Wheelcon-Dutch version-modified for children to assess self-efficacy - Self-perception profile for children (SPPC) - Exercise self-efficacy Scale	—

Measure

Time frame

At the level of body structures according to the ICF: - Shuttle Ride Test to assess aerobic capacity (VO2peak in ml/kg/min and number of shuttles) - Muscle Power Sprint Test to assess anaerobe capacity (Watt/kg) - Functional muscle strength upper extremities (number of repetitions) At the level of activities according to the ICF: - Utrecht Pediatric Wheelchair Mobility Skills Test (UP-WMST) At the level of personal factors according to the ICF: - Wheelcon-Dutch version-modified for children to assess self-efficacy - Self-perception profile for children (SPPC) - Exercise self-efficacy Scale

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Contacts

Public ContactMarleen Sol

Lectoraat Leefstijl en Gezondheid | Kenniscentrum Innovatie van Zorgverlening | Faculteit Gezondheidszorg | Hogeschool Utrecht

marleen.sol@hu.nl (preferred way of contact)06 38763246

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)