Effects of the Vitality Acupunch Exercise Program on the Muscle Mass, Muscle Strength, and Sleep Quality of Older Adults With Sarcopenia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 114
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Muscle mass
研究概览
简要总结
This project was aimed to test the effects of a six-month VA program on the muscle mass, muscle strength, and quality of sleep of institutional older adults with sarcopenia.
详细描述
A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the effects of a six-month VA program on the muscle mass, muscle strength, and quality of sleep of institutional older adults with sarcopenia. Using convenience sampling, 12 long-term care facilities with 114 older adults were recruited, and then cluster-randomized by the facility to a VA experimental or a control group. The experimental group received the VA program led by certified instructors 3 times per week and 40 minutes per session for 6 months; the control group continued with their regular daily activities. One pre-test and two post-tests, 3 months apart, were conducted.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 100 Years（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •age ≥ 65 years old
- •have been living in the facility for at least 3 months
- •intact cognitive function with the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire score ≥ 8
- •hand-grip strength < 28 kg for men and < 18 kg for women
- •calf circumference < 34 cm for men and < 33 cm for women
排除标准
- •have spinal cord injury
- •have severe cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases
- •have musculoskeletal diseases
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
Participants in the control group continued with their daily activities as usual.
干预措施: Control (Other)
Vitality acupunch (VA)
The VA program took 40 minutes to complete and included 3 phases: 1) activating qi and blood (5 movements, 10 minutes): warm-up exercises that allowed the body to accumulate heat and promote flexibility of the joints to loosen up the body, 2) punching meridians (14 movements, 20 minutes): both hands were used to exert a vibrating effect according to the rhythms that stimulate the 14 meridians in the entire body to improve aerobic endurance, and 3) relaxing body and mind (5 movements, 10 minutes): muscle relaxing exercises to rest the body and cease the qi. Participants in the experimental group received the VA program led by the instructors, who were trained an certified by the PI, 3 times per week and 40 minutes per session for 6 months.
干预措施: Vitality acupunch (VA) exercise program (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Muscle mass
时间窗: 6 months
measured by the calf circumference
Muscle strength
时间窗: 6 months
measured by the Digital Handgrip Dynamometer (TKK-5101)
次要结局
- Sleep quality(6 months)
研究者
Kuei-Min Chen, Ph.D., RN.
Professor
Kaohsiung Medical University