accelerometry a feasible method to quantify physical activity in ambulatory and nonambulatory adolescents with cerebral palsy个加速器一个可行的方法来量化动态和nonambulatory青少年体力活动与脑瘫.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Pediatrics Volume 2012, Article ID 329284, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2012/329284 Research Article Accelerometry: A Feasible Method to Quantify Physical Activity in Ambulatory and Nonambulatory Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy Jan Willem Gorter,1 Stephen G. Noorduyn,1, 2 Joyce Obeid,3 and Brian W. Timmons1, 3 1 CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, IAHS Building, Room 408, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 1C7 2 Health Research Methodology Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1 3 Child Health Exercise Medicine Program, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, HSC 3N27G, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1 Correspondence should be addressed to Jan Willem Gorter, gorter@mcmaster.ca Received 29 December 2011; Accepted 23 April 2012 Academic Editor: Roslyn Boyd Copyright © 2012 Jan Willem Gorter et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. To determine the feasibility of physical activity monitoring in adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods. A convenience sample of ambulatory and non-ambulatory adolescents (N = 23; 17 males, 6 females; mean age 13.5 y, SD 2.6 y; Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) distribution: n = 9 Level I, n = 5 Level II, n = 5 Level III, n = 4 Level IV) was recruited. Physical activity (PA) was objectively assessed using the ActiGraph GT1M activity monitor. Discomfort or adverse effects of wearing the accelerometers were recorded by participants. Levels of physical act