Music Pacing in Pediatric Exercise Testing

Overview

Study hypothesis: Music pacing improves the quality of exercise testing in children. Children tend to cycle in a non-constant pace during exercise testing, which might make the test less reliable. 20 boys will perform two exercise tests on a cycle ergometer. One test will be done with constant tempoed music, and the other without. Different parameters will be checked including pedaling cadence, aerobic fitness, level of work load obtained.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
    • Masking: Single (Investigator)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: May 2013

Interventions

  • Other: Music listening
    • Listening to tempo music while cycling in an exercise test

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Active Comparator: Music pacing
    • Exercise testing with music pacing
  • No Intervention: No music pacing
    • Exercise testing without music pacing

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • peak VO2
    • Time Frame: end of the exercise test, approx.10 minutes
    • peak Vo2 is the maximal oxygen consumption obtained during the exercise test, reflecting the level of aerobic fintess

Secondary Measures

  • peak power
    • Time Frame: exercise test duration, approx.10 minutes
    • maximal power obtained at the end of the exercise test
  • anaerobic threshold
    • Time Frame: exercise test duration, approx.10 minutes
    • point of increase in anaerobic metabolism
  • rating of perceived exertion
    • Time Frame: exercise test duration, approx.10 minutes
    • scale of perceived effort
  • mechanical efficiency
    • Time Frame: exercise test duration, approx.10 minutes
    • oxygen consumption per work load
  • cadence
    • Time Frame: exercise test duration, approx.10 minutes
    • pedaling rate

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • male sex – currently and generally healthy Exclusion Criteria:

  • presence of chronic disease/ medication use – BMI above 85% – trained/competitive cyclists

Gender Eligibility: Male

Minimum Age: 8 Years

Maximum Age: 12 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Sheba Medical Center
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Gal Raz-Dubnov MD, MSc, senior physician – Sheba Medical Center
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Gal Dubnov-Raz, MD, MSc, Principal Investigator, Sheba Medical Center

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