Descriptive contents analysis of ParticiPAte CP: a participation-focused intervention to promote physical activity participation in children with cerebral palsy.

The content of a PA intervention for children with CP can be specified according to behaviour change frameworks. ParticiPAte CP was complex, with multiple targets, constituent behaviour change techniques and mechanisms of action. Trial Registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615001064594.Implications for rehabilitationProviding social support to families through practical actions such as motivating conversation, providing information, linking families to community services and participating in activities with children to support their self-efficacy may be a defining feature of effective participation-focused therapies.If children with cerebral palsy (CP) and their families nominate goals for increased frequency of attendance or improved involvement in physical activities (PAs), therapists must identify all important barriers to participation, including behavioural barriers that may be thought of less often (e.g. emotions, beliefs, optimism etc.).Promoting PA participation in children with CP may require a complex or multi-faceted therapy intervention that supports not only physical capability, but also enhances the social and physical opportunity for participation to take place and promotes the psychological capability and motivation for PA of children and families.Therapists or researchers may consider using the Behaviour Change Wheel to prospectively design their own health behaviour intervention for children with CP.