Tai Chi Exercise in Older People

NCT ID: NCT01039779

Last Updated: 2015-05-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

456 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-01-31

Study Completion Date

2014-06-30

Brief Summary

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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

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Does not desire.

Conditions

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Fallers Aged 60 Years and Older

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Lower-extremity exercise training

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.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Exercise will be taught every week over the 6-month intervention period at a subject's residence by instructors.

Tai chi 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

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Exercise will be taught every week over the 6-month intervention period at a subject's residence by instructors.

Interventions

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Exercise

Exercise will be taught every week over the 6-month intervention period at a subject's residence by instructors.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Taipei Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mau-Roung Lin

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mau-Roung Lin, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Taipei Medical University

Locations

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Taipei Medical University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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NHRI-EX102-9805PI

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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