The feasibility and energy expenditure of adults with stroke playing Wii-Sports
Completed
- Conditions
- cerebrovascular accidentstroke10029305
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
- stroke >=6 months ago
- 18 years and older
- Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC) 3, 4 or 5
Exclusion Criteria
- Other disorder than stroke which influence physical activity and fitness (e.g. lung disease, rheumatoid arthritis)
- Disorder for which maximum physical strain is too riskfull
- not understanding the reserch tasks due to cognitive disorders, apraxia or language
- total wheelchair dependent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Feasibility :<br /><br>The feasibility of adults with stroke to play Wii-Sports will be determined<br /><br>with custom made questionnnaires. Examples of questions are:Can the subject<br /><br>hold the Wii-controller?, Is the subject physical capable to play<br /><br>Wii-Sports?, Can the subject play Wii-Sports for 10 minutes continuously?.<br /><br><br /><br>Energy expenditure:<br /><br>The amount of oxygen uptake in the blood (VO2) is used to measure the energy<br /><br>expenditure of the subjects while playing Wii-Sports. The VO2 is expressed in<br /><br>L/min (absolute VO2) or ml/kg/min (relative VO2) or in ml//FFM(kg)/min<br /><br>(relative VO2 per fat free mass). The VO2 is measured with the Cosmed K4 b2<br /><br>(COSMED, Rome, Italië), a portable system for pulmonary gas exchange analysis.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Heart rate (HR):<br /><br>De heart rate (HR) is the amount of times the heart beats per minute (bpm). The<br /><br>HR is measured with the Cosmed K4 b2.<br /><br><br /><br>Metabolic equivalent (MET):<br /><br>Energy expenditure during Wii-Sports will also be expressed in Metabolic<br /><br>equivalents (METs) to compare the results with energy expenditure data from<br /><br>playing actual sports. A MET is a multiple of oxygen consumption in rest (in<br /><br>this study we use the energy expenditure during sitting).<br /><br><br /><br>Perceived exertion:<br /><br>Perceived exertion is how hard you feel like your body is working. It is based<br /><br>on the physical sensations a person experiences during physical activity,<br /><br>including increased heart rate, increased respiration or breathing rate,<br /><br>increased sweating, and muscle fatigue. Perceived exertion will be measured<br /><br>with the Modified Borg Scale after Wii-Sports tennis and boxing.</p><br>