Evaluation of Exercise Benefits to Promote Health Aging Among Chronically Ill Geriatrics in a Community

NCT ID: NCT01754415

Last Updated: 2013-11-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 160 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2013-05-31

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of hydraulic resistance circuit training for elderly people with chronic illness.

Detailed Description

This study is divided into three years. The aim of the first year is to analyze the types and percentage of chronic illness in middle- and old-aged population in communities and the impact on their physical and mental function. The Second year, we will use proper exercise prescriptions with exercise equipment available for chronic illness population and examine the improvement of their physical and mental functions after exercise intervention. The third year, we will adopt the concept of social marketing to promote knowledge about health-related fitness and exercise to communities and help to establish exercise center. To chronic illness people, the study seeks to delay the progression of disease and disability by encouraging them to participate in prescribed exercises. To relatively healthy people, exercise can achieve the purposes of healthy aging, decreased chronic illness, and improved ADLs function and life quality.

Conditions

Diabetes; Hypertension; Osteoporosis; Osteoarthritis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

control

Do exercise at home with video program designed by our team.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

hydraulic resistance circuit training

Intervention:12 weeks resistance training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

hydraulic resistance circuit training

Intervention Type: DEVICE

12 weeks (3 times per week, 40 min circuit) of hydraulic resistance circuit training that consisted of 10 types of equipments for different part of strength training.

Interventions

hydraulic resistance circuit training

12 weeks (3 times per week, 40 min circuit) of hydraulic resistance circuit training that consisted of 10 types of equipments for different part of strength training.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects were recruited at the age of 45-80, and can communicate verbally and in writing.

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects had physical limitation in sports and were advised not to exercise by doctors.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Tsung-Ching Lin, Master

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Locations

Tsung-Ching Lin

New Taipei City, Taiwan, Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

FEMH-IRB-098101-3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id