Benefits of Cycling Wheelchair Training for Elderly With Physical Disability
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 41
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- SF-12
Study Overview
Brief Summary
To investigate the feasibility of cycling wheelchair training as an exercise for elderly disabled patients, and to determine its effects on cognition, quality of life, aerobic capacity and physiological markers. We measure SF-12. Other outcome measures included the Mini-Mental State Examination, Aero bike workload test, resting blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), and heart rate.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 65 Years to 100 Years (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •age >65 years old
- •with a functional ambulation category scale (FAC) level 4 or below
- •muscle strength of both lower limbs was >3 as the , or the muscle strength of one lower limb was 4 or above, as rated by the Medical Research Council Scale (MRC).
Exclusion Criteria
- •hospitalized for acute medical problems within the past 3 months
- •having cardiopulmonary disease that could cause exercise hazards
- •unable to perform repetitive pedaling exercise due to diseases of the lower limbs
- •with pressure ulcers around hip area
- •with impaired cognitive function that did not allow completion of our questionnaires.
Arms & Interventions
Cycyling wheelchair
Volunteers join the cycling wheelchair training
Intervention: Cycling wheelchair (Device)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
SF-12
Time Frame: one month
Quality of life
MMSE questionnaire
Time Frame: one month
Cognitive function
Cycling ergometer
Time Frame: one month
Aerobic capacity
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
