RaceRunning for Young People With Moderate-to-severe Cerebral Palsy

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This is a multi-centre experimental study with a single intervention arm. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks. The intervention will be delivered in Scotland and Gloucestershire. Participants will take part in one RaceRunning session each week for a period of 24 weeks. T...

This is a multi-centre experimental study with a single intervention arm. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks. The intervention will be delivered in Scotland and Gloucestershire. Participants will take part in one RaceRunning session each week for a period of 24 weeks. The content of the sessions will be standardised for all training groups and will consist of a warm-up, coordination (drills), sprint and endurance training, and cool-down. The training program will be adapted to the athlete's ability and fitness. The project objectives are to examine the feasibility of delivering and acceptability of participating in RaceRunning as a community-based intervention for young people with moderate-to-severe CP, including fidelity to and safety of the intervention. Secondly, to examine the feasibility of conducting a definitive study of RaceRunning including exploring recruitment and retention over 24 weeks, acceptability of data collection methods and rate of outcome measure completion, and acceptability and quantity of missing data relating to health economic data collection tools. Finally, to examine the variability and patterns of change in outcomes over 24 weeks in order to determine a primary outcome measure and calculate sample size for a future study.

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