About the project

The Ph.D. project aims to get deeper insight into the distribution and patterns of habitual physical activity and sedentary behaviour in ambulatory children and adolescents with CP in order to increase the ability to participate in habitual physical activity without being excessively fatigued. To achieve these three studies have been formed.

1. Development and validation of a Human activity recognition (HAR) model for ambulatory children with CP
2. Identify distribution and patterns of habitual physical activity in ambulatory children with CP.
3. Youths with CP’s experience and reflection of their own distribution and patterns of habitual physical activity and experienced fatigue, and perspectives about activity monitoring as an aid.

Collaborators

• Vestfold Hospital Trust
• St.Olavs University Hospital

Funding Body

1. Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2. Fysiofondet

Duration

2022-2025

Publication

Tørring, M. F., Logacjov, A., Brændvik, S. M., Ustad, A., Roeleveld, K., & Bardal, E. M. (2024). Validation of two novel human activity recognition models for typically developing children and children with Cerebral Palsy. PloS one, 19(9), e0308853.