Influence of Music on 6 Minutes Walking Distance in Healthy Children

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Children

Treatments: Behavioral: Listening to fast music; Behavioral: Listening to preferred music; Behavioral: Listening to slow music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01829438

6MWT

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of different distractive auditory stimuli (fast, slow and preferred) on 6 Minute Walking Test (6MWT) and the measured parameters (dyspnea, heart rate, oxygen saturation) in healthy children.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the participation to the physical education program after the annual medical investigation

Exclusion criteria

• a lung disease
• an overweight
• a motor disability based on parent's answers to a questionnaire

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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97 participants in 4 patient groups

Without music

No Intervention group

Description:

6MWT without music

With fast music

Experimental group

Description:

6MWT with a fast music

Treatment:

Behavioral: Listening to fast music

With slow music

Experimental group

Description:

6MWT with a slow music

Treatment:

Behavioral: Listening to slow music

With preferred music

Experimental group

Description:

6MWT with the preferred music of the child

Treatment:

Behavioral: Listening to preferred music