Exergaming and Aquatic Exercises Affect Lung Function and Weight Loss in Obese Children.

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Abstract
We investigated the effect of exergames and aquatic exercises on lung function and weight loss in obese children. Sixty-one obese male primary-school children were randomly allocated to video game, aquatic exercise, and control groups. Lung functions and anthropometric variables were measured before and after the intervention and after one month (follow-up). In the video game group, an Xbox Kinect game was played for 60 min during three sessions a week. The aquatic aerobic exercise was performed three times per week and consisted of a warm-up, main exercises, and a cool down phase. For the video game group, there was a significant reduction in body weight between (<i>i</i>) pre- and (<i>ii</i>) post-intervention and follow-up. In the aquatic exercise group, there was a significant reduction in body weight between pre- and post-intervention and between pre-intervention and follow-up. Both exercise groups improved the waist/hip ratio index compared to the control group. Forced vital capacity was significantly improved in the follow-up of the video game group and the aquatic exercise group compared to the control group. A significant improvement was found in forced expiratory volume in the first second at post-intervention and follow-up in the video game and the aquatic exercise groups. Exergames and aquatic exercises improved weight loss and lung function in obese children.
Addresses
  • Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.
Autoren
  • Khadijeh Irandoust
  • Morteza Taheri
  • Cyrine H'mida
  • Gabriel Rodrigues Neto
  • Khaled Trabelsi
  • Achraf Ammar
  • Nizar Souissi
  • Hamdi Chtourou
  • Pantelis T Nikolaidis
  • Thomas Rosemann
  • Beat Knechtle
DOI
10.1055/a-1289-9307
eISSN
1439-3964
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 33176381
Open access
false
ISSN
0172-4622
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
6
Zeitschrift
International journal of sports medicine
Schlüsselwörter
  • Lung
  • Humans
  • Weight Loss
  • Water
  • Vital Capacity
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Waist-Hip Ratio
  • Exercise
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Time Factors
  • Video Games
  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Male
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Warm-Up Exercise
  • Cool-Down Exercise
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print-Electronic
Online publication date
2020
Paginierung
566 - 572
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2021
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2020
Titel
Exergaming and Aquatic Exercises Affect Lung Function and Weight Loss in Obese Children.
Sub types
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
42

Data source: Europe PubMed Central

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Abstract
We investigated the effect of exergames and aquatic exercises on lung function and weight loss in obese children. Sixty-one obese male primary-school children were randomly allocated to video game, aquatic exercise, and control groups. Lung functions and anthropometric variables were measured before and after the intervention and after one month (follow-up). In the video game group, an Xbox Kinect game was played for 60 min during three sessions a week. The aquatic aerobic exercise was performed three times per week and consisted of a warm-up, main exercises, and a cool down phase. For the video game group, there was a significant reduction in body weight between (i) pre- and (ii) post-intervention and follow-up. In the aquatic exercise group, there was a significant reduction in body weight between pre- and post-intervention and between pre-intervention and follow-up. Both exercise groups improved the waist/hip ratio index compared to the control group. Forced vital capacity was significantly improved in the follow-up of the video game group and the aquatic exercise group compared to the control group. A significant improvement was found in forced expiratory volume in the first second at post-intervention and follow-up in the video game and the aquatic exercise groups. Exergames and aquatic exercises improved weight loss and lung function in obese children.
Autoren
  • Khadijeh Irandoust
  • Morteza Taheri
  • Cyrine H'mida
  • Gabriel Rodrigues Neto
  • Khaled Trabelsi
  • Achraf Ammar
  • Nizar Souissi
  • Hamdi Chtourou
  • Pantelis T Nikolaidis
  • Thomas Rosemann
  • Beat Knechtle
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33176381
DOI
10.1055/a-1289-9307
eISSN
1439-3964
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
6
Zeitschrift
Int J Sports Med
Schlüsselwörter
  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Cool-Down Exercise
  • Exercise
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Humans
  • Lung
  • Male
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Time Factors
  • Video Games
  • Vital Capacity
  • Waist-Hip Ratio
  • Warm-Up Exercise
  • Water
  • Weight Loss
Sprache
eng
Country
Germany
Paginierung
566 - 572
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2021
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2021
Titel
Exergaming and Aquatic Exercises Affect Lung Function and Weight Loss in Obese Children.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
42

Data source: PubMed

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