title: Cardiac Autonomic System Response to Submaximal Test in Children With Cerebral Palsy.
abstract: To describe the heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability at rest, during a submaximal treadmill test and at rest posttreadmill in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
  
  
  
  Twenty children (6-11 years) with CP participated, who had Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I to III. The HR was monitored for 5 minutes seated, during a submaximal treadmill test, and after 5 minutes rest posttreadmill. Outcome variables were HR and the square root of the mean squared differences of successive differences between adjacent heart beats (RMSSD).
  
  
  
  HR increased during the last stage of the treadmill test compared with rest. RMSSD was reduced during the last 2 minutes of the treadmill test compared with rest. The HR and RMSSD mean value at the second minute posttest were not significantly different from the pretreadmill rest value.
  
  
  
  The cardiac system in children with CP responded to the submaximal testing.
authors.affiliation: Sackler Faculty of Medicine (Drs Amichai and Katz-Leurer), Physical Therapy Department, School of Health Professions, Tel-Aviv University, Israel; Alyn Children & Adolescent Rehabilitation Center (Dr Eylon), Jerusalem, Israel; Heart Institute (Dr Dor-Haim), Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; and Pediatric Neurology Unit (Dr Berger), Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Taly
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amichai
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eylon
authors.forename: Horesh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dor-Haim
authors.forename: Itai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katz-Leurer
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*