Fitness Level in Short Stature Children and After Growth Hormone Treatment

• Conditions: Fitness
• Interventions: Other: change in fitness level

• Registration Number: NCT02977091
• Lead Sponsor: Meir Medical Center

Brief Summary

fitness and Physical activity will be evaluate in short stature children, using the Euro Fitness testing and the Wingate anaerobic test. the fitness level will be evaluate in healthy short children and with growth hormone deficiency at base line and after 6 month .

Detailed Description

The Euro Fitness testing which is a series of field testing for children evaluating aerobic, strength and flexibility and the Wingate anaerobic test which is a 30 seconds maximum pedaling against resistance on bike for evaluating the anaerobic fitness.

the fitness test will be done in healthy short stature children and in growth hormone deficiency or idiopathic short stature from the endocrine unit in Meir medical center The test will be done at base line and after 6 month . The fitness test in child with growth hormone deficiency will be done before starting GH treatment and 6 month later.

The child will be asked to fill a questioner about his daily physical activity Anthropometric measurement will be taking including weight, height and fat percent. Details about age, sex, tanner stage, indication for growth hormone, dose, insulin growth factor-1 (IGF1) level will be taken from the medical file.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-11-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-11-27
• Study First Posted: 2016-11-30
• Study Start: 2016-12-15
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-05
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-31
• Study Completion: 2019-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• short stature
• Physical healthy
• Mental healthy
• Capable to perform fitness test

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Exclusion Criteria

• Cardiac disease that interfere or risk the child during physical activity
• Respiratory disease that interfere or risk the child during physical activity
• Musculoskeletal disease interfering physical preformance.
• Family history of death for unknown reasons at an early age.
• Uncontroled thyroid diseae

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
short stature	change in fitness level	healthy short children
GH deficiency or idiopathic short stature	change in fitness level	growth hormone (GH) deficiency or idiopathic short stature children before they start GH treatment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in fitness level	change of fitness levels from base line and after 6 month in short children

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Meir Medical Center endocrine unit; 🇮🇱 Kfar Saba, Israel