Examining the feasibility of exercise-related outcome measures for children with spastic cerebral palsy, who are propelling a manual wheelchair.

Examining the feasibility of exercise-related outcome measures for children with spastic cerebral palsy, who are propelling a manual wheelchair. - Feasibility of wheelchair related exercise tests in CP

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON35959

Enrollment

Registered

2011-05-17

Start date

2011-05-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

cerebral palsy spastic children

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

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

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Heart rate, maximal oxygen consumption during exercise, and total exercise time for the aerobic exercise tests. Exercise time and calculated power for the anaerobic exercise tests.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
nvt	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results