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A New Training to Enhance Physical Activity in Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Summary
The purpose of this research study is to test the feasibility and response of a new exercise protocol on improving physical activity in adolescents with cerebral palsy.
Official title: Feasibility and Response of a Novel Training on Dynamic Balance and Physical Activity in Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
11 Years - 21 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
5
Start Date
2023-08-10
Completion Date
2025-05-20
Last Updated
2026-08-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Loaded high intensity training
Participants will be familiarized to all the exercises. All exercises will have 3 sets, and the participants will be asked to perform as many repetitions as they can in 30s for each set. They will have 30 seconds to rest between sets (if they want more rest, we can let them more time but not exceed 60 seconds to limit the total amount of time for completing the exercise protocol) and 90 seconds to rest between exercises. Training sessions will occur twice per week with at least 24 hours between sessions. From the week 3rd of the intervention, the participants will perform the exercises with an adjustable weight vest with 5% of their body weight. In the middle intervention (post week 6 of the intervention which will be week 9 of the study), adolescents will be reevaluated for all the measures tested at the baseline. Weight vest will increase to 10% of their body weight for the last 4 weeks of the intervention.
High intensity circuit training (HICT)
Participants will be familiarized to all the exercises. All exercises will have 3 sets, and the participants will be asked to perform as many repetitions as they can in 30s for each set. They will have 30 seconds to rest between sets (if they want more rest, we can let them more time but not exceed 60 seconds to limit the total amount of time for completing the exercise protocol) and 90 seconds to rest between exercises. Training sessions will occur twice per week with at least 24 hours between sessions.
Locations (1)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States