The Effects of Water Walking on Spirometry Values

April 20, 2018 updated by: Pedro Alexandre Duarte Mendes, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

The Effects of Swimming and Swimming Complemented With Water Walking on Spirometry Values

The objective of this study was verify if there are differences in spirometry 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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Spirometry is a standard pulmonary function test that measures how an individual inhales or exhales volumes of air as a function time. It is the most important and most frequently performed pulmonary function testing procedure, having become indispensable for the prevention, diagnosis and evaluation of various respiratory impairments. However, there have been only a few studies addressing the effect of physical activity on pulmonary function test results and investigating the association between body composition and respiratory parameters in sports activities [1,2,3]. The objective of this study was verify if there are differences in spirometry 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. In this study participated 28 subjects (mean age, 7.68 ± 1.16 years) and was divided into two groups: swimming group (SG) (N=9) and swimming complemented with water walking group (SWWG) (N=19). The study was performed in 12 weeks with 3 moments of evaluation (M1, M2 and M3) , with two sessions per week of 45 minutes each, we wanted to identify the benefits in pulmonary function - Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) and Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF). The water walking activity occurred in the end of each session for 6 minutes, performed in straight line with the water level at the children's chest. The spirometry tests were realized with the microQuark Spirometer®. For the analysis of the results, we used descriptive statistics, the Shapiro Wilk test for testing the normality of the sample and for the inferential statistics the Mann-Whitney tests, Friedman's Anova, and d-Cohen for the magnitude of effect.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

28

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • classes of the level of adaptation to the aquatic environment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students who did not belong to this age group, that is, less than 6 years old or over 12, who attended classes only once a week, were athletes at a competitive level, and children with a 6 months and / or more than 12 months.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: water walking in spirometric values
Experimental: practice swimming complemented with water walking
Other: Water Walking
Practice swimming complemented with water walking at the end of each session and those who only practice swimming. In this study participated 28 subjects (mean age, 7.68 ± 1.16 years) and was divided into two groups: swimming group (SG) (N=9) and swimming complemented with water walking group (SWWG) (N=19). The study was performed in 12 weeks with 3 moments of evaluation (M1, M2 and M3) , with two sessions per week of 45 minutes each, we wanted to identify the benefits in pulmonary function - Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) and Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF). The water walking activity occurred in the end of each session for 6 minutes, performed in straight line with the water level at the children's chest. The spirometry tests were realized with the microQuark Spirometer®.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
spirometric values
Time Frame: 12 weeks
The spirometry tests were realized with the microQuark Spirometer®.
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Pedro Mendes, PhD, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

November 21, 2017

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 17, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 13, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 20, 2018

First Posted (ACTUAL)

April 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

April 23, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 20, 2018

Last Verified

April 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ESE IPCB_01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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