Tai Chi Exercise in Older People

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fallers Aged 60 Years and Older
• Interventions: Behavioral: Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT01039779
• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Medical University

Brief Summary

The effects of tai chi exercise and lower-extremity training on improving the primary outcome and secondary outcomes among older people will be compared.

Detailed Description

Does not desire.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-24
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-25
• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2014-06
• Study Completion: 2014-06
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 456

Inclusion Criteria

• Persons aged 60 years and older and who require medical attention in the emergency rooms due to sustaining a fall.

Exclusion Criteria

• A major unstable cardiopulmonary disease
• Cognitive impairment
• Contraindications to physical exercise
• The inability to ambulate
• Frail elderly.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Lower-extremity exercise training	Exercise	This training will be tailored by physical therapists for each participant. A series of exercises will be applied to increase the stability of the trunk muscles and to strengthen the leg muscles.
Tai chi exercise	Exercise	Yang-style tai chi with 18 movements will be taught every week over the 6-month intervention period at a subject's residence by tai chi instructors

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To ascertain the occurrence of falls	18 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fall-related outcomes of physical and psychological functions will assessed using direct interviews or performance tests at the subject's residence	18 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taipei Medical University; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan