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CompletedNCT00889122Updated Aug 4, 2010

Family Exergaming: A Research Study Testing a Videogame Intervention to Increase Physical Activity for Families

An interventional study of Exergame (DDR) in Obesity, sponsored by MaineHealth. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 9 Years to 17 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2010-08-04.

Sponsored by MaineHealth · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
213
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
9 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if an interactive game (Dance Dance Revolution/DDR) can promote healthy physical activity for the health of all family members

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Conditions studied

  • Obesity

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Keywords

  • Obesity
  • Exergames
  • Videogames
  • Prevention
  • Family
  • Dance Dance Revolution
  • Pedometer
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In context

Obesity

6,296 studies on the registry are indexed under Obesity; 1,692 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 213 is above the median of 78 across 4,878 interventional studies indexed under Obesity.

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Lead sponsor

MaineHealth is the lead sponsor of 34 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
9 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Ages 9-17
  • Overweight status (BMI of 85% and above)
  • Willing to come to two (2 hour) visits to MMCRI for measurements and complete surveys
  • Family participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Serious heart condition
  • Photo-sensitive seizures
  • Previous extensive history using DDR
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
213 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Lifestyle Counseling

    Behavioral: Exergame (DDR)

Interventions

  • BehavioralExergame (DDR)

    Use of an active videogame vs. pedometers given to entire families to promote physical activity.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Amount of physical activity

    Time frame: 14 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Maine Medical Center Research Institute
    Scarborough, Maine 04074, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 4, 2010, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00889122
Lead sponsor
MaineHealth
Collaborators
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
First posted
Apr 28, 2009
Start date
Mar 2009
Primary completion
Feb 2010
Completion
Feb 2010
Last update
Aug 4, 2010

Study contacts

Ann Maloney, MD
principal investigator · MaineHealth

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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