September 10, 2025

CHESTI: Help us improve chest health in children with cerebral palsy

Children and young people with cerebral palsy often have chest health problems like noisy breathing, a rattly chest, difficulty coughing, swallowing, or clearing mucus. This often leads to repeated chest infections and hospital stays. Right now, there’s no agreement on the best way to measure chest health.

We need your help to agree the most important ways to measure in chest health for children with cerebral palsy. These will be recommended for future research studies and everyday practice. The research is being led by Rachel Knight Lozano, Physiotherapist and Lecturer in Rehabilitation, and the CHESTI-study team, hosted by the University of Plymouth.

Who can participate?

Children and young people (aged 8-25years) with cerebral palsy
Parent/carers
Health, social and educational professionals
Researchers with an interest in this topic

What is involved?

3 online surveys (each takes up to 20 minutes), each showing you a list of things that could be used to measure chest health.
You’ll rate how important each one is from 1 (not important) to 7 (very important) — you’ll do this three times.
In surveys 2 and 3, you’ll see anonymous group feedback to help you decide.
You can also join a final online meeting to agree on the final list.

Visit us here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/chesti-study

Contact: Rachel.knightlozano@plymouth.ac.uk

Closing date: Oct 5^th 2025

CHESTI: Help us improve chest health in children with cerebral palsy

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