Social Exergaming for Healthy Weight in Adolescent Girls

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose is to evaluate the feasibility of a 12-week exergaming dance program for adolescent girls. This study combines dancing, video games, and a full body work-out to test if video games can increase physical activity and promote healthy weight in adolescent girls. We hypothesize that girls who play the dance exergames, versus those in the control group, will lose weight, decrease body fat and visceral fat, improve cardiovascular health, increase physical activity, and improve psychosocial health including self-confidence and quality of life.

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Detailed Description

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Klub Kinect will last about 14 weeks for each participant. The program begins with a 3.5 hour clinic visit, the intervention lasts for 12 weeks, and the participant comes in for a final 3.5 hour clinic visit.

Conditions

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Obesity and Physical Inactivity in Adolescents

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

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Study Groups

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Exergame Intervention

Participants randomly assigned to the exergame condition will participate in the intervention condition of "Klub Kinect." Klub Kinect is a 12-week intervention occurring for 90-minute sessions, 3 times per week. During each 90-minute intervention session, adolescents will engage in 60-minute bouts of aerobic gaming. Adolescents attending an exergaming session will attend concurrently.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Klub Kinect

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Dance Central and Just Dance are a series of rhythm games developed by Harmonix Music Systems exclusively for the Xbox 360 Kinect. The Dance Central suite of games (Dance Central 1, 2, and 3) and Just Dance will be played on the Xbox 360+ Kinect gaming console, which employs whole body movement using an infrared sensor that tracks body movements such that an external controller device is not required. The player performs dance moves demonstrated by on-screen characters and set to popular music, with a choice of over 650 dance moves, 90 dance routines, and over 300 songs.

The exergaming condition will wear a pedometer to record total steps during game play, and they will participate in private weigh-ins at each session to track body weight over the 12-week intervention.

Control (Self-Directed Care)

The control condition will receive no contact or intervention other than telephone reminders of their final clinic visit.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Klub Kinect

Dance Central and Just Dance are a series of rhythm games developed by Harmonix Music Systems exclusively for the Xbox 360 Kinect. The Dance Central suite of games (Dance Central 1, 2, and 3) and Just Dance will be played on the Xbox 360+ Kinect gaming console, which employs whole body movement using an infrared sensor that tracks body movements such that an external controller device is not required. The player performs dance moves demonstrated by on-screen characters and set to popular music, with a choice of over 650 dance moves, 90 dance routines, and over 300 songs.

The exergaming condition will wear a pedometer to record total steps during game play, and they will participate in private weigh-ins at each session to track body weight over the 12-week intervention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 14-18 years old
* Female
* Postmenarchal
* BMI percentile equal to or greater than 85th on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth chart
* Speak, understand, read, and write English
* Willing to accept randomization

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant
* Hospitalization for mental illness within the past 5 years.
* Since the focus herein is on ambulatory activities, participants who use wheelchairs or other impairments that prevent normal ambulation will be excluded
* Indication of cardiac abnormality on an electrocardiogram that requires referral to a cardiologist
* Previous history of, or clinical symptoms or signs of, cardiovascular disease, stroke or transient ischemic attacks, chest pain, unusual dyspnea during physical activity/exercise, severe ankle edema, or intermittent claudication.
* Previous history of musculoskeletal injuries or problems causing severe pain during physical activity or exercise which interferes with daily activities.
* Participant has a pacemaker or other implanted medical device (including metal joint replacements).
* Participant is unable to complete all baseline testing (one session) within 1 month prior to the beginning of the intervention
* Medical problems, including epileptic seizures, that prevent video game play
* Family history of epileptic seizures
* Unable to make the commitment of coming to Pennington Biomedical Research Center for 3 weekly gaming sessions for 12 weeks

Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes