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Video Game Exercise Effectiveness of a Domiciliary Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

NCT02552043 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2016-08-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a long-term domiciliary exercise program using the Wii video game platform as a training modality in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients. Investigators hypothesize that an exercise program performed by active videogames (AVG) will produce an improvement in exercise tolerance and muscular strength to be maintained over time in young CF patients.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nintendo Wii exercise program

The aerobic training protocol was designed to improve muscular strength, body endurance and flexibility (involved activities as: running, up the knees, butt kickers, etc.). The game used has a strap pouch to hold the Nunchuk© controller placed on the thigh that detects the lower body movements, and also features a number of exercise options supervised by a virtual personal trainer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-07-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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