Training Induced Reduction of Lower-limb Joint Loads During Locomotion in Obese Children

St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences

Status

Completed

Conditions

Lower Extremity Biomechanics

Pediatric Obesity

Treatments

Other: Strength and neuromuscular exercise programme

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02545764

LS13-009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Childhood obesity is one of the most critical and accelerating health challenges throughout the world. It is a major risk factor for developing varus/valgus misalignments of the knee joint. The combination of misalignment at the knee and excess body mass may result in increased joint stress and damage to articular cartilage. A training programme, which aims at developing a more neutral alignment of the trunk and lower limbs during movement tasks may be able to reduce knee loading during locomotion. Despite the large number of guidelines for muscle strength training and neuromuscular exercises that exists, most are not specifically designed to target the obese children and adolescent demographic.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a training programme which combines strength and neuromuscular exercises specifically designed to the needs and limitations of obese children and adolescents and analyse the effects of the training programme from a biomechanical and clinical point of view.

Enrollment

48 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

10 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Male or female
Age: 10 -18 years
BMI greater than the 97th percentile
Availability: can participate in two exercises session per week for a period of 12 weeks

Exclusion criteria