burns
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Martini Ziekenhuis
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligible are children in the age between 6 and 18 years, who are admitted to one of the three Dutch Burn Centres with burns of at least 5% total body surface area or more and/or hospitalised for 2 weeks or more.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - patients with extensive (pre-existing) morbidity unrelated to the burn injury, interfering with fitness - children and/or their parents who are insufficiently proficient in Dutch - no signed informed consent (by legal representatives (parents) and/or children if > 12 years) * children with a contra-indication for exercise testing will not perform the cycling test, however, may otherwise be included.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in physical fitness, specifically aerobic capacity expressed as WRpeak (WRpeak) and VO2peak (ml/min), also relative for weight (ml/kg/min)) over time, from hospital discharge to 6 months post discharge. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from hospital discharge to 6 months post discharge in: • Physical fitness * Aerobic capacity - Peak heart rate (HRpeak; beats per minute) - Percentage heart rate recovery after 1 and 2 minutes (%HR01 and %HR02) * Muscular strength - Force (Newton) per muscle group * Flexibility - Range of motion (degrees) per movement * Body composition - BMI (kg/m2) - Waist circumference (m) - Percentage fat (free) mass • Physical activity - Score on activity questionnaire *Beweeggedrag* - Accelerometry (counts) • Health-Related Quality of life - Score on the Burn Outcome Questionnaire - Score on the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale To establish how well children are doing, the above parameters (main and secondary) will be compared to Dutch age and sex-matched reference values. Furthermore, the study parameters will be adjusted for confounders. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed