A Wearable System to Monitor Tai Chi Practice

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: NCT01687023
• Lead Sponsor: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Brief Summary

The goal of this research study is to show that features derived from data gathered using SHIMMER wearable sensor platform can capture adherence and proficiency in the performance of exercises that are part of Tai Chi interventions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-09-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-09-13
• Study First Posted: 2012-09-18
• Primary Completion: 2016-05
• Study Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• Young style Tai Chi practitioners

Exclusion Criteria

• Any movement impairment that will impede Tai Chi movements performance

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Biomarkers of adherence and proficiency	1 day	Data gathered using SHIMMER devices will be segmented to derive signal features. These features will be then used to feed a pattern recognition algorithm the output of which indicates whether a specific Tai Chi movement of interest has been performed.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States