Swimming and Water Walking on Spirometry Values (ESWWSV)

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

To study the effects of swimming with water walking in children aged between 6 and 12 years in terms of spirometric values.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: BMI; Child Development; Child Obesity
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: SWWSV

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).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 28
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Portugal
  • Castelo BRanco, Portugal, 6000
    • Municipal Swimming Pools

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 6 years to 12 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children inside this age range;
• water experience between 6 and 12 months
• children with no other activities besides swimming

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with Asma;
• Children with DPOC
• Children with pulmonary limitations.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: SWWSV; Spirometric Values: Forced Vital Capacity; Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second; Peak Expiratory Flow	Other: SWWSV; Behaviours to prevent child obesity

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Forced Vital Capacity	described in liters	12 weeks
Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second	described in liters	12 weeks
Peak Expiratory Flow	described in liters	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Fat mass	described in percentage	12 weeks
Weight	described in kilograms	12 weeks
Height	described in meters	12 weeks
weight and height will be combined to report BMI	BMI described in kg/m^2	12 weeks
Muscle mass	described in percentage	12 weeks
waist circumference	described in centimeters	12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Collaborators: Municipal Swimming Clube
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: João B Oliveira, Master, Castelo Branco

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 3, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 3, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): March 3, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 16, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 8, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): May 9, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 9, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 8, 2018
• Last Verified: May 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: IPCB

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No