Validity and Reliability of Perceived Exertion Rating Scale in Children With Brain Damage

ALYN Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury; Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Walking on treadmill, different velocities and incline

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01840644

920090351

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the reliability and validity of the rating of perceived exertion scale in children post severe traumatic brain injury during treadmill exercise.

Full description

walking on a treadmill twice- one weeks interval five intensity level in each session

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children post severe closed head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score at admission to emergency room of ≤8, at least one year post trauma
• Ages 7 to 12 years
• (3) independent ambulation (foot orthoses permitted).
• Children with Cerebral palsy, GMFCS 1 or 2, ages 7 to 12 years. Typically developed controls.

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot understand simple instructions

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

all participants

Description:

Walking on treadmill, different velocities and incline

Treatment:

Other: Walking on treadmill, different velocities and incline