Effect of Tele-exercise on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Paediatrics

Sponsor
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Study ID
NCT06770660
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness
  • Insulin Resistance

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
12 Years - 17 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Telemedicine — BEHAVIORAL
    A 10-week telemedicine-based exercise programme consisting of 90-minute sessions conducted weekly via a video conferencing platform. All participants will also be educated on physical activity recommendations, including achieving a minimum of 12,000 steps daily, and required to perform weekly check-in for number of daily steps via online survey form.
  • Lifestyle — BEHAVIORAL
    All participants will be educated on physical activity recommendations, including achieving a minimum of 12,000 steps daily, and required to perform weekly check-in for number of daily steps via online survey form.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if telemedicine exercise programme can improve the cardiorespiratory fitness (how well your body delivers oxygen to muscles and organs) and insulin resistance in Asian children with low cardiorespiratory fitness levels. The main questions it aims to answers are: * Does telemedicine exercise programme improve the number of 20-metre laps the participant is able to run? * Does telemedicine exercise programme improve the insulin sensitivity using the Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) formula? Researchers will compare the telemedicine exercise programme to current active lifestyle programme (e.g., daily step count monitoring) to see if telemedicine exercise programme is more effective in improving cardiorespiratory fitness. Participants will: * participate in weekly telemedicine exercise programme or adhere to current active lifestyle recommendations through daily step count reporting for 10 weeks * visit the clinic for pre- and post-programme cardiorespiratory fitness assessments and blood taking

Key Dates

First listed
Jan 13, 2025
Start date
May 2, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Jan 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
122 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Telemedicine
    Participants who receive 10-week telemedicine-based exercise programme and physical activity education.
  • Placebo Comparator: Lifestyle
    Participants who receive physical activity education only.

Primary Outcome Measure

Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment [ Time Frame: At the end of 10-week programme ]

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