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Table 1 Eligibility and exclusion criteria

From: Health in Adapted Youth Sports Study (HAYS): health effects of sports participation in children and adolescents with a chronic disease or physical disability

Eligibility

Exclusion

Children and adolescents with a physical disability or chronic disease: cardiovascular, pulmonary, musculoskeletal or neuromuscular disorder

Children and adolescents between the age of 10 and 19 years

Children and adolescents have to understand simple instructions

Children and adolescents are able to perform physical fitness tests

Children and adolescents with progressive diseases

Children and adolescents using an electric wheelchair

During the length of the study, children are not allowed to participate in other research projects which might influence the current study results

For the sporting group of the HAYS-study only: subjects who have not participated in any sports for the preceding 3 months

No signed informed consent