Different impact of physiotherapy programs for children‘s with obesity

The object of research. X-box game console with ‘Kinect‘ motion sensor. The problem of research. In recent years, a swift growth of childhood obesity has been noticed all over the world. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), depending on a specific country, the overweight and obesity among children can vary from 5 % to 25 %. One out of three 6 – 9 years old children is overweight or obese. The situation in Lithuania, unfortunately, is not an exception. Based on the statistics, every year the number of childhood obesity diagnosis is increasing in our country. Childhood obesity is considered to be an important risk factor, which opens up a possibility to further health problems. In addition, obesity is also related to both psychological and social problems of the children (Williаm, 2016). Seeking to avoid the mentioned problems, new ways of approuching the issue that could effectively solve the case of childhood obesity are being searched for in this work. The objective of the research. To identify the effect of plain physiotherapy and physiotherapy combined with computer games (using X-box with ‘Kinect‘), on children diagnosed with the class I obesity. The tasks of the research. 1. Calculate the Body Mass Index of children with obesity before and after the plain physiotherapy. 2. Calculate the Body Mass Index of children with obesity before and after the physiotherapy with incorporated computer games sessions (using X-box ‘Kinect‘ devices). 3. Compare the effect of the plain physiotherapy with the effect of the physiotherapy matched with computer games sessions (using X-box ‘Kinect‘ devices), on children with obesity. Hypothesis of the research. Physiotherapy combined with computer games (using X-box ‘Kinect‘ devices) will have a better affect than the plain physiotherapy. The conclusions of research. Physiotherapy combined with computer games (using X-box ‘Kinect‘ devices) has a better affect than the plain physiotherapy