Perception of Effort (OMNI) for children and adolescents with chronic neurological diseases - validation of the adapted version of the scale for children and adolescents using wheelchairs

• Grant number: 22/00099-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2022
• End date: March 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Ana Cláudia Mattiello-Sverzut
• Grantee: Fábio Bertapelli
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/17596-4 - Aerobic capacity, muscle strength and power of children and adolescents with chronic disease: characterization and treatment, AP.TEM

Abstract

This proposal aims to select a candidate for a 12-month research grant, postdoctoral level, to develop the project entitled: Perception of Effort (OMNI) for children and adolescents with chronic neurological diseases - validation of the adapted version of the scale to children and teenagers using wheelchairs. This study is linked to the Thematic Project AEROBIC CAPACITY, MUSCLE STRENGTH AND POTENCY OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES - CHARACTERIZATION AND TREATMENT, which receives support from FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Support Foundation) through process 2019 / 17596- 7 The objective of the study is to carry out a validation of the adapted OMNI scale, since an original scale is presented through illustrations that do not include the figure of the wheelchair user. Thus, the grantee, over the 12 months of the grant, must collect data from children and adolescents with neuromuscular diseases (neuropathies and myopathies) using a wheelchair (FMS 1 in 500 meters) and validate an adapted scale comparing the responses of Effort assessment with variables assigned to ergospirometric tests of maximum effort (CEPT) developed with upper limbs.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FABIO BERTAPELLI; CYNTIA ROGEAN DE JESUS ALVES DE BAPTISTA; ANA CLAUDIA MATTIELLO-SVERZUT. Height and body mass index distribution in children and adolescents with and without spina bifida. Jornal de Pediatria, v. 100, n. 1, p. 46-52, 2024-01-08. (17/17596-4, 22/04578-6, 22/00099-6)

BERTAPELLI, FABIO; ROBERTSON, ROBERT J.; LEONARDI-FIGUEIREDO, MARISA MAIA; DAVOLI, GABRIELA BARROSO DE QUEIROZ; CRUZ, KAROLINY LISANDRA TEIXEIRA; MATTIELLO-SVERZUT, ANA CLAUDIA. Cross-cultural adaptation and concurrent validity of the children's OMNI scale of perceived exertion for Arm-Crank activity in Spina Bifida. DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, v. N/A, p. 7-pg., 2023-09-14. (22/00099-6, 17/17596-4, 19/04369-5)