Impact of Exergaming on Adolescent Youth

NCT01374386 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 09-10-2240-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Keywords

adolescent obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in mean daily physical activity

  Change in mean daily physical activity from baseline (7-day activity log expressed as Kcal/day from relative MET intensity

  2 years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in caloric expenditure, body composition, and BMI

  2 years

Study Arms (2)

Usual Physical Activity

NO INTERVENTION

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

Exergaming

EXPERIMENTAL

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)

Behavioral: Exergaming

Interventions

Exergaming BEHAVIORAL

Participants will have access to Exergaming equipment (video games that require physical activity)

Exergaming

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science: lead

Study Sites (1)

Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

Los Angeles, California, 90059, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

Exergaming

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Obesity; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• David Martins, MD, Msc

  Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 14, 2011
• First Posted: June 16, 2011
• Study Start: October 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2012
• Study Completion: October 1, 2012
• Last Updated: November 13, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-11

Locations

US (1)