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Music Pacing in Pediatric Exercise Testing

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Exercise Testing With Music Pacing
Interventions
Other: Music listening
Registration Number
NCT01576913
Lead Sponsor
Sheba Medical Center
Brief Summary

Study hypothesis: Music pacing improves the quality of exercise testing in children.

Children tend to cycle in a non-constant pace during exercise testing, which might make the test less reliable.

20 boys will perform two exercise tests on a cycle ergometer. One test will be done with constant tempoed music, and the other without. Different parameters will be checked including pedaling cadence, aerobic fitness, level of work load obtained.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • male sex
  • currently and generally healthy
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Exclusion Criteria
  • presence of chronic disease/ medication use
  • BMI above 85%
  • trained/competitive cyclists
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Music pacingMusic listeningExercise testing with music pacing
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
peak VO2end of the exercise test, approx.10 minutes

peak Vo2 is the maximal oxygen consumption obtained during the exercise test, reflecting the level of aerobic fintess

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
peak powerexercise test duration, approx.10 minutes

maximal power obtained at the end of the exercise test

anaerobic thresholdexercise test duration, approx.10 minutes

point of increase in anaerobic metabolism

rating of perceived exertionexercise test duration, approx.10 minutes

scale of perceived effort

mechanical efficiencyexercise test duration, approx.10 minutes

oxygen consumption per work load

cadenceexercise test duration, approx.10 minutes

pedaling rate

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sheba_Medical_Center

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Ramat Gan, Israel

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