ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2014
Focus on fatigue amongst young adults with spastic cerebral palsy.
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- Systematic Review of Fatigue in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Slackline Training in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Self-perceived fatigue in relation to activity and participation in adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy living in urban South Africa.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026Review
- Effects of Ankle Exoskeleton Motor Location on Gait Biomechanics and User Perceptions: The Bowden Cable Dilemma.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2025Article
- Managing Fatigue: Experiences From a 6-week Course for Adults With Cerebral Palsy.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2023Article
- Accurate Monitoring of 24-h Real-World Movement Behavior in People with Cerebral Palsy Is Possible Using Multiple Wearable Sensors and Deep Learning.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Corticomuscular coherence is reduced in relation to dorsiflexion fatigability to the same extent in adults with cerebral palsy as in neurologically intact adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Article
- Predictors of Walking Efficiency in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Lower-Body Joint Angles, Moments, and Power.Physical therapy · 2019Article
- Long-term results of multilevel surgery in adults with cerebral palsy.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Inactive lifestyles and sedentary behavior in persons with chronic aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: evidence from accelerometer-based activity monitoring.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2017Article
- The Activ8 activity monitor: Validation of posture and movement classification.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to assess fatigue amongst young adults with spastic cerebral palsy (CP), to determine subgroups at risk for fatigue and to explore the relationship between fatigue and cardiopulmonary fitness and daily physical activity level.
participantsYoung adults with spastic CP, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels I to III, aged 16 to 24 years.
methodsFatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale) and self-reported daily physical activity (Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities) were assessed for 56 participants using questionnaires. Daily physical activity was objectively measured using accelerometry (Vitamove system) over 72 hours. Progressive maximal aerobic cycling was used to measure cardiopulmonary fitness.
resultsThe mean Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score was 3.7 (SD 1.4). Forty percent of participants were fatigued, including 12.5% who were severely fatigued. Participants with bilateral CP (FSS = 4.2 (SD 1.4)) were more fatigued compared to those with unilateral CP (FSS = 3.1 (SD 1.3)) (p < 0.01). Levels of cardiopulmonary fitness (2.4 L/min (SD 0.8)) and daily physical activity (8.5% (SD 3.0)) were not significantly related to fatigue (respectively p = 0.10 and p = 0.55), although for cardiopulmonary fitness a trend was found.
conclusionsFatigue is already present at a relatively young age amongst adults with CP, and CP subtype is a determinant of fatigue. We did not find significant evidence for a cross-sectional relation of fatigue with cardiopulmonary fitness or daily physical activity.
trial registrationNederland's trial register: NTR1785.
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