NCT04015583

Exergaming Improves Executive Functions in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome

Completed NA Last updated 11 July 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing exergaming group in Executive Functions in 22 participants. Completed in 31 March 2018.

Timeline

1 April 2017

Primary endpoint
31 December 2017

31 March 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Kyoung Im Cho
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	22
Start date	1 April 2017
Primary completion	31 December 2017
Estimated completion	31 March 2018
Sites	1 location across South Korea

Drugs / interventions tested

• exergaming group

Conditions studied

• Executive Functions — all drugs for Executive Functions →
• Metabolic Syndrome — all drugs for Metabolic Syndrome →
• Aerobic Exercise — all drugs for Aerobic Exercise →

Sponsor

Kyoung Im Cho

Who can join

Adults 50 to 80, any sex, with Executive Functions or Metabolic Syndrome. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background: Recent studies indicate that exercise-related games can improve executive function, attention processing, and visuospatial skills.

Objective: This study investigates whether exercise with exergaming can improve the executive function in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Methods: Twenty-two MetS patients were recruited and randomly assigned to the exergaming group (EXG) and treadmill exercise group (TEG). The reaction time (RT) and electrophysiological signal from the frontal (Fz), central (Cz), and parietal (Pz) cortex were collected during a Stroop task after 12 weeks' exercise.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Exergaming Improves Executive Functions in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome: Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Wu S, Jo EA, Ji H, Kim KH, et al · · 2019 · cited 9× · PMID 31368441 · DOI 10.2196/13575