Exercise Training in Children With Congenital Heart Defect

National Taiwan University Hospital60 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise training on exercise capacity, physical activity (PA), health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and the psychosocial factors affecting PA in sedentary congenital heart defect (CHD) children and healthy sedentary children. The degree of improvement after exercise training were compared between CHD children and healthy sedentary children.

Exercise groups took 12-week exercise training, twice in hospital and once at home, using a video game so-called Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), while the control group kept their daily routines.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Congenital Heart Disease

Interventions

ExerciseOTHER

Using a video game so-called Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 7 YearsMax age: 16 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children with congenital heart defect s/p repair \> 6 months * Sedentary lifestyle Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable hemodynamics * Impaired mental and cognition * Systemic disease

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

maximal treadmill exercise test

Time frame: 12 wks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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