Swimming and Water Walking on Spirometry Values

Child Development Clinical Trial

— ESWWSV  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03519620
• Other study ID #: IPCB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 3, 2018
• Est. completion date: March 3, 2018

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

To study the effects of swimming with water walking in children aged between 6 and 12 years in terms of spirometric values.

Description:

The present research aims to verify if there are differences in body composition and spirometric 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. The sample consisted of 28 individuals aged 6 to 12 years and was divided into two groups: swimming group (SG) with 9 children and swimming complemented with water walking group (SWWG) of 19 children. In this study, the investigators wanted to know which were the benefits in body composition and for that purpose used a bio-impedance scale Targa Silvercrest Z29777A (Germany), and an anthropometric tape to measure the waist circumference. To calculate the spirometric values, namely forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and even peak expiratory flow (PEF) a Cosmed Microquark spirometer was used. In terms of statistical procedures, the investigators used the program Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version number 20 (SPSS 20.0). The investigators used descriptive statistics (minimum, maximum, means and standard deviations), the Shapiro Wilk test for testing the normality of the sample, inferential statistics (non-parametric Mann-Whitney tests, Friedman's Anova, and for the calculation of the effect magnitude the d-Cohen test). After the data treatment, regarding the inter-group analysis (comparison between the swimming group and the swimming group with water walking) the investigators observed that there were significant differences in three variables at the end of the study, that is, at the end of the 3 moments. These variables were weight relative to body composition, forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and peak expiratory flow (PEF), these values are relative to the spirometry evaluation. Concerning intra-group differences (improvement in the swimming group and the swimming with water walking group in the three moments evaluated), the SWWG showed significant improvements in the variables of weight, muscle mass, fat mass, percentage of water, body mass index (BMI), body percentiles, forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: March 3, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: March 3, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children inside this age range;

• water experience between 6 and 12 months

• children with no other activities besides swimming

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with Asma;

• Children with DPOC

• Children with pulmonary limitations.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• BMI
• Child Development
• Child Obesity
• Pediatric Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• SWWSV
Behaviours to prevent child obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	Municipal Swimming Pools	Castelo BRanco

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco	Municipal Swimming Clube

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Forced Vital Capacity	described in liters	12 weeks
Primary	Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second	described in liters	12 weeks
Primary	Peak Expiratory Flow	described in liters	12 weeks
Secondary	Fat mass	described in percentage	12 weeks
Secondary	Weight	described in kilograms	12 weeks
Secondary	Height	described in meters	12 weeks
Secondary	weight and height will be combined to report BMI	BMI described in kg/m^2	12 weeks
Secondary	Muscle mass	described in percentage	12 weeks
Secondary	waist circumference	described in centimeters	12 weeks