Resistive Action Video Games Enhance Functional Fitness of Disabled Workers in Sheltered Workshops

Enhancing Functional Fitness of Disabled Workers in Sheltered Workshops Through a Training Program Incorporating Resistive Action Video Games

Aims: Investigating the efficacy of resistive action video games on functional fitness (FF) of disabled workers in sheltered workshops (DWSWs).

Methods: Thirty-two DWSWs participated in this study and were allocated as either experimental group (EG) or control group (CG). DWSWs in EG underwent three 60-minute sessions each week for 12 weeks; those in CG maintained daily routine. The outcomes included all components FF and were measures at pre-, mid- and post-training.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Mental Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Training program incorporating video aerobic exercise, action video game and resistive action video game

Detailed Description

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a training program including resistive action video games on functional fitness (FF) of disabled workers in sheltered workshops (DWSWs).

Material and methods: Thirty-two DWSWs participated in this study and were allocated as either experimental group (EG) or control group (CG). DWSWs in EG underwent three 60-minute training sessions each week for 12 weeks. One of the session is group training and two of the sessions are individual session. In group session, the participants do aerobic exercise following a video which was launch by the health management ministry of city government. In the individual session, the participants play play two video games alternatively. The video games used are Fitness Boxing 2 and Adventure Ring-Fit. In addition to the training program, the participants in the EG maintain work and leisure routine in addition to the added training. The participants in the CG maintained daily work and leisure routine.The outcome measures included body mass index, body weight, body fat percentage, skeletal muscle rate, muscle strength, cardiopulmonary endurance, flexibility, balance and agility. All participants must be evaluated of the outcome measures at pre-, mid- and post-training time point.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 106
    • National Taiwan Normal University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• (1) aged more than 20 years; (2) diagnosis of an intellectual disability, autism, or a psychiatric disorder; (3) employed for at least 6 hours per day and five days a week in the sheltered workshop; (4) capable of following verbal instructions to enable outcome measurement and of participating in the training program; and (5) voluntary agreement to participate and signed the informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• (1) advisement against performing moderate- to high-intensity physical activities by a physician and (2) physical limitations preventing independent walking or standing without an assistive device.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group; Participants in the experimental group participated in three 60-minute training sessions each week for 12 weeks. One of the session was group training. The other two session were individual training. In the group training session, the participants participate in the video aerobic exercise; in the individual sessions, the participants play action and resistive action video games: Fitness Boxing 2 and Adventure Ring-Fit. All participants in the experimental group wore a hear rate monitoring watch so that the researchers make sure that medium level of physical activities was achieved in each session. The participants underwent pre-, mid- and post-training measures of the outcome parameters which includes body weight, body mass index, basal metabolic rate, skeletal muscle rate, body fat percentage, flexibility, balance and agility.	Behavioral: Training program incorporating video aerobic exercise, action video game and resistive action video game; Participants in the experimental group participated in three 60-minute training sessions each week for 12 weeks. One of the session was group training. The other two session were individual training. In the group training session, the participants participate in the video aerobic exercise; in the individual sessions, the participants play action and resistive action video games: Fitness Boxing 2 and Adventure Ring-Fit. All participants in the experimental group wore a hear rate monitoring watch so that the researchers make sure that medium level of physical activities was achieved in each session.
No Intervention: Control group; The participants in the control group underwent no any special training but maintain daily work and leisure routines. They underwent pre-, mid- and post-experimental measures of the outcome parameters which was the same as those measured in the experimental group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Body weight	On the counter Omron four-point bluetooth transmission weight and body fat meter HBF 702T was used	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Body mass index	On the counter Omron four-point bluetooth transmission weight and body fat meter HBF 702T was used	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Body fat percentage	On the counter Omron four-point bluetooth transmission weight and body fat meter HBF 702T was used	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Skeletal muscle rate	On the counter Omron four-point bluetooth transmission weight and body fat meter HBF 702T was used	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Muscle strength	Bicep arm curl test	One week before training, after 6 weeks of training, after 12 weeks of training.
Muscle strength	Counts of strand-up in the 30-second chair stand test.	One week before training, after 6 weeks of training, after 12 weeks of training.
Cardiopulmonary endurance	Counts of steps in the 2-minute step test	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Flexibility	The distance in centimeters between two middle fingers in the Back scratch test.	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Flexibility	The distance in centimeters between the middle fingers and the big toe in sit and reach test.	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Balance	Seconds to maintain one-leg stance stability	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.
Agility	Timed-Up-and-Go test	One week before training, 6 weeks of training, 12 weeks of training.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Taiwan Normal University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jen-Suh Chern, PhD, National Taiwan Normal University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): July 16, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 16, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2024
• Last Verified: July 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Functional fitness; Physical activities; Action video games; Disabled workers; Sheltered workshops; Resistive video games
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: NSTC 110-2410-H-003 -109 -MY2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: There is no plan to share the individual participant data with other researchers.

Drug and device information, study documents

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