Clinical trial NCT03245164: The Effects of Group Exercise and Basketball on Obese Children
Official title: Comparing the Effects of Group Exercise and Basketball on Body Composition and Motor Skills of Obese Children
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Childhood Obesity
Physical Activity
Keywords: obese children
motor skills
physiotherapy
basketball
Lead sponsor: Eastern Mediterranean University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Hacettepe University
First posted: 2017-08-10
Enrollment: 45
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 10
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aimed to compare the effects of group exercises under physiotherapist control and basketball program on body composition and motor skills of obese children. 45 obese children aged 10 years were randomly included to the physiotherapy (n=15), basketball (n:15), and control group (n:15). The children were assessed before and after 12-week study duration. Body Mass Index (BMI), the percentage of body fat, and circumference values of the children were recorded. Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Brief Form (BOTMP-BF) was used to determine motor skills of children.

Detailed description: The roles of active physiotherapy programs and sport programs on the management of the problems arising from childhood obesity should be determined. Although the effects of exercise and various sport branches on decrease obesity and obesity related problems, the effects of group exercises managed by physiotherapists and team sports on body composition and motor skills of obese children are not clear so health professionals may have difficulties while suggesting better physical activity for this population.

Thus, body composition and motor skills of the included children were recorded at the beginning. They were then grouped into three in order to compare the effects of group exercises and basketball. Children in the control group did not participate in any of them. Intervention lasted 12 weeks so they were then taken to the assessments at the end of this duration.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* children who were born in 2006 (10 years old),
* children whose BMI values were ≥95. Percentiles,
* a report which was given by a doctor to state that the child could participate in aerobic exercise,
* children who had not continued to a diet program for 3 months,
* children who had not participated regularly in any sport or exercise for 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* children who had any disease requiring use of medicine,
* children who had any pain to prevent doing exercise or sport,
* children who had any neuromuscular disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Brief Form (BOTMP-BF)
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Body Mass Index
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Body Fat
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Circumferences
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: OZLEM ÜLGER, Assist.Prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Alberga AS, Prud'homme D, Sigal RJ, Goldfield GS, Hadjiyannakis S, Phillips P, Malcolm J, Ma J, Doucette S, Gougeon R, Wells GA, Kenny GP. Effects of aerobic training, resistance training, or both on cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal fitness in adolescents with obesity: the HEARTY trial. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2016 Mar;41(3):255-65. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0413. Epub 2015 Nov 9.