None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic hereditary disease affecting respiratory and endocrine systems. There is no cure for this disease but treatment advances have seen increases in life expectancy. Adults with CF have to adhere to a strict life-long regime of self care including chest physiotherapy, antibiotics, vitamins and exercise. Exercise is now a regular treatment tool with benefits including increased respiratory function, fitness and strength. This project seeks to investigate if participating in an exercise program using the recently developed Nintendo Wii is an alternative to a regular exercise program.
Interventions
Single session lasting 15 mins of aerobic exercise training using games of the Nintendo Wii.
The washout period between the 2 exercise training sessions was 24 hours.
Sponsors
Griffith University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis (CF); current inpatients but are clinically stable (no temperature, excessive breathlessness, respiratory rate not greater than 25 breaths/minute); able to communicate in English, attending physiotherapy gym for exercise program daily as part of routine inpatient management.
Exclusion criteria
cardiovascular conditions prohibiting participation in an exercise program, systemic disease affecting muscles or joints (e.g. acute arthritis), recent surgery, acute musculoskeletal pain requiring physiotherapy intervention, participating in other clinical trials, impaired mental health.
Outcome results
None listed