Influence of Aerobic Exercise Training (AET) on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Children and Adolescents (Ex-CED)

University of Basel

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Quality of Life

Motor Activity

Depression

Ulcerative Colitis

Sleep

Crohn Disease

Treatments

Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise Training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02264275

DSBG-UniBasel-Ex-CED-2014-220

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if aerobic exercise training can serve as comprehensive palliative care, whereby enhancing cardiovascular fitness, mitigating depressive symptoms and augmenting sleep while bolstering health related quality of life in youth with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

Full description

An AET intervention is designed to increase the aerobic fitness levels of IBD sufferers through daily activity, which is notably lower in this population and could be beneficial for sufferers managing this lifelong disease. With an increase in physical activity, the exergame aims to introduce, instill and integrate daily physical activity in the lives of IBD sufferers. The Just Dance Kids exergame for Nintendo Wii employs moderate intensity physical activity and is well suited for this study. The exergame intervention protocol will comprise a ramped duration aerobic exercise training starting with 10 minutes in week 1 and rises to 30 minutes per session in weeks 5 through 8. Just Dance Kids will be used by participants under the age of 11 and Just Dance for participants over the age of 10 due to the age appropriate dancing skill required in each game. The aim is to determine if this moderate intensity, 5 times per week exercise could decrease IBD flare-ups, improve cardiovascular fitness, reduce depressive symptoms, improve quality and quantity of sleep and improve the health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with IBD.

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

7 to 20 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

aged 7 through 20 at start of study
willing and able to volunteer in the study
able to communicate and to complete questionnaires in German
have a functioning television with Nintendo Wii compatibility at home
provide participant written informed consent (when ≥11 years old at start of study)
provide parental/legal caregiver written informed consent (when participant is ≤17 years old at start of study)
provide oral informed consent (when ≤10 years old at start of study)

Exclusion criteria

refusal to give necessary oral or written informed consent by patient and/or parent (legal caregiver)
not aged 7 through 20 at start of study
not willing and able to volunteer in the study
has sibling enrolled in this study
has severe physical diseases of the locomotor apparatus, psychotic disorders, severe affective disorders, eating disorders, mental retardation, autism spectrum disorder
inability to communicate and complete questionnaires in German
does not own a functional and Nintendo Wii-compatible television at home
among female adolescents, pregnancy, breastfeeding or intention to get pregnant during the study
has clinically significant cardiovascular disease
enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons