NCT07073651

Response of Lipid Profile to Virtual Reality Games Versus Moderate Aerobic Exercise Training in Children With Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Badr University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial is aiming to study the effect of virtual reality video gaming in comparison with moderate intensity aerobic exercises on lipid profile in children with Obesity

Detailed description

The study will assess whether virtual reality games, dietary advices and moderate intensity aerobic exercise lead to significant differences in lipid profile in class I obese adolescent children. Additionally, the study will examine whether these interventions has impacts on the children body mass index.

Conditions

• Obese Children and Adolescents
• Adolescent Obesity
• Obesity
• Body Mass Index

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise	moderate intensity aerobic exercises (using treadmill training) 5 times per week for 12 weeks. Each participating child started the session with 5 minutes of warming-up exercises. Then the main exercise phase is performed at 50-60% of age-predicted peak heart rate using a treadmill for 30 minutes. Finally, a 5 min cool-down period is allowed, the total session took 40 minutes.
OTHER	Dietary Advices	The Obese adolescent children participated in the study received diet advices based on a balanced low calorie diet (1500 Kcal)
OTHER	Virtual reality games exercise	Virtual reality games exercises 5 times per week for 12 weeks. Each participating child started the session with 5 minutes warming up exercises then followed by the main part which was consisted of 30 min of exercise where the child played the game using virtual reality X-Box and did different physical activities that included both the upper and lower extremities according to the game's requirements, and after that a 5 min cool-down part that involved some static flexibility exercises to allow the heart rate to lower, the total session that would be applied about 40 min (including 30 mins of Virtual reality exercises)

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-10
• Primary completion: 2025-05-31
• Completion: 2025-06-30
• First posted: 2025-07-18
• Last updated: 2025-07-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Egypt