The Effects of Water Walking on Spirometry Values

NCT03506100 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ESE IPCB_01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 28
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The objective of this study was verify if there are differences in spirometry values in children aged between 6 and 12 years who practice swimming complemented with water walking at the end of each session and those who only practice swimming.

Conditions

Influence of Water Walking in Spirometric Values

Keywords

Spirometry; swimming; water walking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• spirometric values

  The spirometry tests were realized with the microQuark Spirometer®.

  12 weeks

Study Arms (1)

water walking in spirometric values

OTHER

Experimental: practice swimming complemented with water walking

Other: Water Walking

Interventions

Water Walking OTHER

Practice swimming complemented with water walking at the end of each session and those who only practice swimming. In this study participated 28 subjects (mean age, 7.68 ± 1.16 years) and was divided into two groups: swimming group (SG) (N=9) and swimming complemented with water walking group (SWWG) (N=19). The study was performed in 12 weeks with 3 moments of evaluation (M1, M2 and M3) , with two sessions per week of 45 minutes each, we wanted to identify the benefits in pulmonary function - Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) and Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF). The water walking activity occurred in the end of each session for 6 minutes, performed in straight line with the water level at the children's chest. The spirometry tests were realized with the microQuark Spirometer®.

water walking in spirometric values

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• classes of the level of adaptation to the aquatic environment

You may not qualify if:

• Students who did not belong to this age group, that is, less than 6 years old or over 12, who attended classes only once a week, were athletes at a competitive level, and children with a 6 months and / or more than 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco: lead

Study Officials

• Pedro Mendes, PhD

  Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2018
• First Posted: April 23, 2018
• Study Start: January 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: November 21, 2017
• Study Completion: January 17, 2018
• Last Updated: April 23, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-04