Swimming and Water Walking on Spirometry Values
- Conditions
- Child DevelopmentBMIChild Obesity
- Interventions
- Other: SWWSV
- Registration Number
- NCT03519620
- Lead Sponsor
- Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
- Brief Summary
To study the effects of swimming with water walking in children aged between 6 and 12 years in terms of spirometric values.
- Detailed 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 & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 28
- Children inside this age range;
- water experience between 6 and 12 months
- children with no other activities besides swimming
- Children with Asma;
- Children with DPOC
- Children with pulmonary limitations.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description SWWSV SWWSV Spirometric Values: Forced Vital Capacity; Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second; Peak Expiratory Flow
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Forced Vital Capacity 12 weeks described in liters
Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second 12 weeks described in liters
Peak Expiratory Flow 12 weeks described in liters
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fat mass 12 weeks described in percentage
Weight 12 weeks described in kilograms
Height 12 weeks described in meters
weight and height will be combined to report BMI 12 weeks BMI described in kg/m\^2
Muscle mass 12 weeks described in percentage
waist circumference 12 weeks described in centimeters
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Municipal Swimming Pools
🇵🇹Castelo BRanco, Portugal