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Source
Brief title
Health condition
power training, muscle strength training, functional training, cerebral palsy, walking ability, sprint performance, loopvaardigheid, spastische kind, krachttraining.
Sponsors and support
VU medisch centrum
WCF, Wetenschappelijk College Fysiotherapie
Stichting Mitialto
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Sprint performance and Problem Score of Treatment goals reported by parents and/or children
Secondary outcome
Walking ability, Mobility, Muscle Strength
Study objective
Walking ability and plantar flexor strength of young children with CP improve more after functional power training compared to usual care.
Study design
measurements:
1) 14 weeks before training starts
2) start of 14 weeks intervention period
3) end of 14 weeks intervention period
4) end of 14 weeks follow up period
Intervention
Intensive high velocity muscle training. The training period is 14 weeks, 3 times a week. Each training session last 60 minutes. The training has three elements; 1. warming-up (10 min), 2.three to four power exercises (35 min), 3. end game (15 min).
Liesbeth van Vulpen
Overtoom 283
Amsterdam 1054 HW
The Netherlands
020 6071 607
l.v.vulpen@reade.nl
Liesbeth van Vulpen
Overtoom 283
Amsterdam 1054 HW
The Netherlands
020 6071 607
l.v.vulpen@reade.nl
Inclusion criteria
-Ambulant children (GMFCS I and II) with a predominantly spastic cerebral palsy
- aged 4 - 10 years,
- where parents and/or the children have a treatment question involving the walking ability (such as being able to walk or run faster).
- The children should be able to understand -and to follow instructions.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria are;
1) treatment with botulinum toxin A in lower limb and/or serial casting of lower limb less than 6 months before the start of the functional power training,
2) selective dorsal rhizotomie treatment less than a year before the functional power training starts,
3) walking is not (yet) the preferred way of the children in their mobility
Design
Recruitment
Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration
Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register
No registrations found.
In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL5058 |
| NTR-old | NTR5189 |
| CCMO | NL46189.048.13 |
| OMON | NL-OMON40459 |
Summary results
Van Vulpen LF, De Groot S, Becher JG, De Wolf GS, Dallmeijer AJ.
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2013 Dec;49(6):803-13. Epub 2013 Oct 9.