. 2024 Nov 15;28(6):101142. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2024.101142

Table 2.

VO_2peak estimates in children with cerebral palsy and typically developing children, resulting from meta-analyses.

2A. VO2peak estimates per type of maximal exercise test
	Children with cerebral palsy					Typically developing children
Type of exercise test	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	95 % Confidence Interval		Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	95 % Confidence Interval
Type of exercise test	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	Lower	Upper	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	Lower	Upper
Cycle ergometer	8	34.21	1.41	31.44	36.98	5	46.17	2.30	41.66	50.67
Treadmill	6	33.60	2.76	28.18	39.01	2	42.12	2.43	37.35	46.88
Arm crank ergometer	6	28.98	3.63	21.86	36.10	1	46.20	1.71	42.85	49.55
Shuttle run test	2	37.23	0.79	35.67	38.78	1	45.00	1.68	41.72	48.29
10-m shuttle ride test	1	26.00	1.29	23.47	28.53	–	–	–	–	–
Overall	22^*	32.84	1.28	30.33	35.36	9	45.02	1.32	42.43	47.61
* number of unique studies

2B VO_2peak estimates of boys and girls
	Children with cerebral palsy					Typically developing children
Sex	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	95 % Confidence Interval		Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	95 % Confidence Interval
Sex	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	Lower	Upper	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	Lower	Upper
Boys	7	39.43	3.50	32.57	46.30	3	48.84	1.99	44.94	52.75
Girls	3	34.64	1.26	32.17	37.11	2	37.74	5.74	26.49	49.00
Overall	6^*	38.23	2.58	33.17	43.30	3	45.21	4.38	36.63	53.80
* number of unique studies

2C. VO_2peak estimates per GMFCS level
Children with cerebral palsy
GMFCS level	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	95 % Confidence Interval
GMFCS level	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	Lower	Upper
I	5	35.41	2.94	29.65	41.17
II	5	32.05	2.57	27.01	37.09
III	2	30.23	1.90	26.52	33.95
III/IV	1	25.70	0.97	23.80	27.60
Overall	7^*	32.01	1.55	28.97	35.06
* number of unique studies

2D. VO_2peak estimates per type of motor distribution
Children with cerebral palsy
Motor distribution	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	95 % Confidence Interval
Motor distribution	Studies n	VO_2peak (mL/kg/min)	Std. Error	Lower	Upper
Bilateral	8	32.77	3.15	26.60	38.95
Unilateral	1	33.50	1.21	31.13	35.87
Overall	8^*	32.81	2.77	27.38	38.23

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number of unique studies

Abbreviations: GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System; n, number; VO_2peak, peak oxygen uptake.