Exercise Training in Children With Congenital Heart Defect

Official Title: “The Effect of Exercise Training on Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, and Health-related Quality of Life in Children After Repair of Congenital Heart Defect”

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.

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

• Other: Exercise
  • Using a video game so-called Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

• Other: Exercise
  • Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)

Primary Measures

• maximal treadmill exercise test
  • Time Frame: 12 wks
    Safety Issue?: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children with congenital heart defect s/p repair > 6 months
• Sedentary lifestyle

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unstable hemodynamics
• Impaired mental and cognition
• Systemic disease

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 7 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: 16 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Lead Investigator: National Taiwan University Hospital Other

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on February 12, 2012

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00930800

Study ID Number: 200712010R

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00930800

Health Authority: Taiwan: Department of Health