Impact of Exergaming on Adolescent Youth

Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Exergaming

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01374386

09-10-2240-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to gather information on how much exercising with video games (ExerGaming) can increase the physical activity among overweight and youth. This study will try to see if participating in physical activity and exercising with video games at the same time can make overweight children move around more to better their own health. The hypothesis is that those in Exergaming arm will physiological changes and increase physical activity.

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male and female
• aged 12-14 years
• baseline BMI > 25
• gender- and age-specific 85th percentile cutoff points from the CDC growth chart
• parental consent and subject assent

Exclusion criteria

• subjects not meeting the inclusion criteria or with physician-determined musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, metabolic, psychological, neuro-developmental or behavioral conditions that make mild-to-moderate physical activity potentially hazardous.
• Participants under the age of 12 are excluded from the study because Weingart YMCA has an age policy. Children under the age of 12 are not allowed to be at the facility alone. Therefore, the minimum age for the study is 12 years old so supervision is not a problem.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual Physical Activity

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this arm are do not have access to Exergames, only usual physical activity at the gym

Exergaming

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will have access to usual physical activity at the gym as well as access to Exergaming equipment (video games that require physical activity)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exergaming