Exercise Training in Asthma Children

Hospital Sirio-Libanes

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Other: Aerobic exercise group; Other: Video game group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01438294

ASMAPED

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of a physical training program with active video game in inflammatory markers, quality of life variables , clinical control and physical and functional respiratory assessment of asthmatic children from 5 to 11 years.

Full description

The aim of the present study will be to determine whether an aerobic exercise using an active video game system improves asthma control, lung inflammation and functional capacity in children with moderate or severe asthma.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 5 to 11 years;
• Having a diagnosis of asthma, according to the criteria of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
• Not be included in any program of regular physical activity.

Exclusion criteria

• Having received aminophylline and theophylline or oral corticosteroids in the last 30 days;
• Respiratory infection have shown over the past two months;
• Have done with inhaled bronchodilator in less than 12 hours before the assessment;
• Inability to perform any of the tests;
• Have heart disease of inflammatory origin, congenital or ischemic;
• Being in the presence of any infectious process with fever and
• Do not agree to the terms of consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Aerobic exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

The aerobic training will be done on the treadmill with heart monitors with intensity required to achieve 70% of maximum heart rate reached the maximum test for thirty minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Aerobic exercise group

Video game

Experimental group

Description:

The training with video game will be done with heart rate monitors with intensity required to achieve 70% of maximum heart rate reached the maximum test for thirty minutes.Will be used Kinect games ( reflex ridge- Adventure).

Treatment:

Other: Video game group