Influence of Music on 6 Minutes Walking Distance in Healthy Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Children
• Interventions: Behavioral: Listening to fast music; Behavioral: Listening to slow music; Behavioral: Listening to preferred music

• Registration Number: NCT01829438
• Lead Sponsor: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Brief Summary

To evaluate the effect of different distractive auditory stimuli (fast, slow and preferred) on 6 Minute Walking Test (6MWT) and the measured parameters (dyspnea, heart rate, oxygen saturation) in healthy children.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Primary Completion: 2010-06
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-04-10
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2013-04-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 97

Inclusion Criteria

• the participation to the physical education program after the annual medical investigation

Exclusion Criteria

• a lung disease
• an overweight
• a motor disability based on parent's answers to a questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
With fast music	Listening to fast music	6MWT with a fast music
With slow music	Listening to slow music	6MWT with a slow music
With preferred music	Listening to preferred music	6MWT with the preferred music of the child

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walked distance	After 6 minutes	The distance walked by subjects during a 6 minutes walking test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dyspnea	At the end of the 6MWT	Dyspnea is measured by a visual analogue scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCL; 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium