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

Reidun Lauglo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Endurance training intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00965133

Shdir-08/4914

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

Normal daily activity

No Intervention group

Treatment:

Other: Endurance training intervention