The SEKWONDO (SEniors do taeKWONDO) Study;Effects of Taekwondo training on aerobic capacity, balance, locomotion parameters, and cognitive speed in senior persons.
Completed
- Conditions
- gezondenageing
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON33200
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
healthy men and women beween 40 and 75 years
Exclusion Criteria
·· Psychiatric affliction (under current psychiatric treatment)
· Disease of nervous system or locomotion that are expected to interfere with training
· Use of oral anticoagulants
· Negative judgment of any treating physician, program neurologist or cardiologist, after respective
investigations, including the exercise ECG test
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To investigate whether a one year Taekwondo training one hour a week improves<br /><br>balance parameters in middle-aged, healthy persons. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To investigate whether a one year Taekwondo training one hour a week improves<br /><br>cardio-respiratory capacity , static and dynamic movement components, and some<br /><br>aspects of cognitive speed. </p><br>