The Effects of Water Walking on Spirometry Values

Influence of Water Walking in Spirometric Values Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Swimming and Swimming Complemented With Water Walking on Spirometry Values

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03506100
• Other study ID #: ESE IPCB_01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 13, 2018
• Last updated: April 20, 2018
• Start date: January 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 17, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Description:

Spirometry is a standard pulmonary function test that measures how an individual inhales or exhales volumes of air as a function time. It is the most important and most frequently performed pulmonary function testing procedure, having become indispensable for the prevention, diagnosis and evaluation of various respiratory impairments. However, there have been only a few studies addressing the effect of physical activity on pulmonary function test results and investigating the association between body composition and respiratory parameters in sports activities [1,2,3]. 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. 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®. For the analysis of the results, we used descriptive statistics, the Shapiro Wilk test for testing the normality of the sample and for the inferential statistics the Mann-Whitney tests, Friedman's Anova, and d-Cohen for the magnitude of effect.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: January 17, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: November 21, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• classes of the level of adaptation to the aquatic environment

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Influence of Water Walking in Spirometric Values

Intervention

Other:
• Water Walking
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®.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	spirometric values	The spirometry tests were realized with the microQuark Spirometer®.	12 weeks