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Trial reportPloS one2015

Active Video Game Exercise Training Improves the Clinical Control of Asthma in Children: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Evelim L F D Gomes, Celso R F Carvalho, Fabiana Sobral Peixoto-Souza, Etiene Farah Teixeira-Carvalho, Juliana Fernandes Barreto Mendonça, Roberto Stirbulov, Luciana Maria Malosá Sampaio, Dirceu Costa

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01438294 (Effects of Exercise Training on Markers of Lung Inflammation and Clinical Crontrol in Asthma Children), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01438294 nacompletednot on this map

Effects of Exercise Training on Markers of Lung Inflammation and Clinical Crontrol in Asthma Children

TypeinterventionalSponsorHospital Sirio-LibanesRan2011 to 2013Enrolled36ConditionsAsthmaArmsVideo game group, Aerobic exercise group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Influence of parental anxiety and beliefs about medicines on feeding and exercise in children living with asthma.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2024
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  13. Promoting Exercise Training Remotely.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Evelim L F D GomesPostgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Celso R F CarvalhoPhysical Therapy Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fabiana Sobral Peixoto-SouzaPostgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Etiene Farah Teixeira-CarvalhoPostgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Juliana Fernandes Barreto MendonçaPostgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Roberto StirbulovSanta Casa School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luciana Maria Malosá SampaioPostgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Dirceu CostaPostgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Nove de Julho · BRFaculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of the present study was to determine whether aerobic exercise involving an active video game system improved asthma control, airway inflammation and exercise capacity in children with moderate to severe asthma.

designA randomized, controlled, single-blinded clinical trial was carried out. Thirty-six children with moderate to severe asthma were randomly allocated to either a video game group (VGG; N = 20) or a treadmill group (TG; n = 16). Both groups completed an eight-week supervised program with two weekly 40-minute sessions. Pre-training and post-training evaluations involved the Asthma Control Questionnaire, exhaled nitric oxide levels (FeNO), maximum exercise testing (Bruce protocol) and lung function.

resultsNo differences between the VGG and TG were found at the baseline. Improvements occurred in both groups with regard to asthma control and exercise capacity. Moreover, a significant reduction in FeNO was found in the VGG (p < 0.05). Although the mean energy expenditure at rest and during exercise training was similar for both groups, the maximum energy expenditure was higher in the VGG.

conclusionThe present findings strongly suggest that aerobic training promoted by an active video game had a positive impact on children with asthma in terms of clinical control, improvement in their exercise capacity and a reduction in pulmonary inflammation.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT01438294.

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Video GamesAsthmaChildExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleRespiratory Function TestsSingle-Blind MethodSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID26301706
PMCPMC4547724
OpenAlexW1868773579

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