Influence of Sit Muscle Strength Training and Game on Elderly

NCT ID: NCT03411382

Last Updated: 2022-07-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 207 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-02-02
• Study Completion Date: 2021-01-04

Brief Summary

Objective: The study aims to understand the physical function, body composition, mental state, behavior, depression, and life quality change of the elderly in a long-term care before and after the intervention. Four interventional activities are sitting strength training, games, sitting strength training with games, and health education.

Detailed Description

Expected results: (1) The program will facilitate arrange activities that are beneficial to the body and mind, activate bodily functions, and promote the quality of life of the elderly in Taiwan. (2) The program can compare the effectiveness of different trainings for the elderly and provide a reference for future implementation planning. (3) Evidence of the empirical study of this program can provide future comparisons with other domestic and foreign studies.

Conditions

Aging; Physical Disability; Dementia; Elderly

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Sit muscle strength training

Sit muscle strength training using a sand bag grip ball conducted twice a week. Each exercise session will begin and end with a 5-15 minute warm-up and cool-down routine. The exercise program consists of 20-40 minute chair-based resistance exercises.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Sit muscle strength training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sit muscle strength training using a sand bag grip ball conducted twice a week. Each exercise session will begin and end with a 5-15 minute warm-up and cool-down routine. The exercise program consists of 20-40 minute chair-based resistance exercises.

Game training

Game training (including ball activities, clay courses, massage, puzzles, painting conducted four times a week). Each section 30-60 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Game training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Game training (including ball activities, clay courses, massage, puzzles, painting conducted four times a week). Each section 30-60 minutes.

Sitting strength + game training

Sitting strength training (using sandbag training conducted twice a week) and game training (such as ball activities and clay courses) conducted twice a week).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Sitting strength + game training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sitting strength training (using sandbag training conducted twice a week) and game training (such as ball activities and clay courses) conducted twice a week).

Health education

Health education (conducted once a month). Each section 50-60 minutes. The topics are oral hygiene, medicine safe, living safe, food safe.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Health education

Intervention Type: OTHER

Health education (conducted once a month). Each section 50-60 minutes. The topics are oral hygiene, medicine safe, living safe, food safe.

Interventions

Sit muscle strength training

Sit muscle strength training using a sand bag grip ball conducted twice a week. Each exercise session will begin and end with a 5-15 minute warm-up and cool-down routine. The exercise program consists of 20-40 minute chair-based resistance exercises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Game training

Game training (including ball activities, clay courses, massage, puzzles, painting conducted four times a week). Each section 30-60 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sitting strength + game training

Sitting strength training (using sandbag training conducted twice a week) and game training (such as ball activities and clay courses) conducted twice a week).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Health education

Health education (conducted once a month). Each section 50-60 minutes. The topics are oral hygiene, medicine safe, living safe, food safe.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Elderly persons between the age of 60 and 100 who take long-term care of the relevant units do not have limited sports

2. stable condition with sufficient physical strength: at least one hour sitting in the wheelchair or bed edge.

3. Subjects in the past month tended to live in static state (less than 150 minutes of exercise time per week).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Serious illness / unstable status (judged by medical staff), such as serious cardiopulmonary diseases, severe malignant tumor (assessment from medical personnel), severe malnutrition (mini nutrition assessment scale 0-7 points).

2. Unstable weight over the past six months (> ± 4 kg).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 100 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Chiu Shu-Ching

Principal investigator of nursing department

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Shu-Ching Chiu, Phd

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Instructor of Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Locations

Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Taichung, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

CentralTaiwanUST

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id