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For children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) classified as Gross Motor
Function Classification System (GMFCS) level III there is no running-based field
test available to assess their cardiorespiratory fitness. The current study
investigated whether a shuttle run test can be reliably (test-retest) performed
in a group of children with spastic diplegia (eight male, five female) classified
as GMFCS level III. Thirteen children (mean age 12 y, SD 3 y) had to walk/run in
squares of 7.5m delimited by cones. The auditory signals from the GMFCS II
compact disc (as used in a previous reliability and validation study) were used
during the test, resulting in a starting speed of 1.5 km/hour with a graded
increase in speed of 0.19 km/hour per minute (shuttle). Intraclass correlation
coefficients (two-way mixed) for achieved shuttles were 0.98. The standard error
of measurement was 0.48 levels and the smallest detectable change was 1.32
shuttles. The results are the first indication that the shuttle run test protocol
could be reliably performed in this population.
CI - (c) The Authors. Journal compilation (c) Mac Keith Press 2011.

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