Effects of Different Guiding Strategies on Biomechanics of Human Movement.

NCT ID: NCT05362214

Last Updated: 2022-05-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

15 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-05-11

Study Completion Date

2021-09-15

Brief Summary

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With regards to the increase in the aging population globally, how to build up a successfully aging society has become the main issue in health care and socioeconomic. In addition, living with high physical function is one of the main goals and solutions, and exercising regularly is a direct and obvious way to achieve this goal. However, being elderly, it might not be easy for them to practice or do exercise every day due to some of their limitations such as learning difficulty and lack of motivation.

Nowadays, there are many different types of exercise supporting tools, which are in terms of visual or auditory cues, including two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) cues. Accordingly, several studies mentioned the positive outcomes of using a 3D visual cue compared with using the 2D one. Also, a study found that combining visual and auditory cues together resulted in a better perception than using either one alone.

Coupled with a coming of a small flyable robot so-called "drone", which can be programmed to fly autonomously in a 3D space, a few research teams applied it in many interactive applications with humans such as sports education relating for example dancing and boxing. Moreover, there was a research team that explored the interaction between a human and a drone in a close-range design by controlling the drone using both hands movement, which was inspired by Tai Chi martial art exercise. As a result, they found important findings of the calming and focusing experience of the participants due to the low level of constant propeller noise of the drone.

Regarding this, the investigators assumed that applying a drone, which can be recognized as a 3D visual cue, to a kind of exercise may provide some benefits in terms of physical health. In addition, the investigators applied it to a simple Chinese martial art exercise called "Baduanjin Qigong" since it was recommended for everyone, especially for the elderly because of its low requirement for physical and cognitive abilities.

However, based on our findings, there is no published information about the effects of the drone as a visual cue or exercise guiding tool in terms of biomechanical effects of human motion. Therefore, these effects would be observed throughout this study.

Besides, the investigators hypothesized that exercising with the drone, which is a 3D visual cue in this study, could provide a significant difference in biomechanics effects such as the center of pressure (COP) and smoothness of the arm when compared with using a 2D visual cue like video, or no visual cue like the audio illustration. Also, resulting in a positive direction as an exercise guiding tool for the elderly such as increasing their motivation during exercise.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy Aging

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Audio (no visual cue)

The condition that a participant has to perform Baduanjin exercise by following the audio guidance/illustration according to the reference of Baduanjin practicing video.

No interventions assigned to this group

Video (2D visual cue)

The condition that a participant has to perform Baduanjin exercise by following the video guidance/illustration according to the reference of Baduanjin practicing video.

No interventions assigned to this group

Drone (3D visual cue)

The condition that a participant has to perform Baduanjin exercise by following the drone guiding system including a guidance from drone and audio illustration regarding the reference of Baduanjin practicing video.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 20 years old above
* Able to perform regular exercise
* Able to understand Chinese or Taiwanese language
* Never practice Baduanjin Qigong

Exclusion Criteria

* Having illness or diseases that cannot perform physical exercise such as musculoskeletal disease.
* Having any kinds of chronic disease that might be more activated by performing Baduanjin exercise such as cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, osteoporosis, etc.
* Having chronic diseases that cannot perform Baduanjin exercise according to the experimental protocols such as blindness, deafness and hearing impairment, or Alzheimer's diseases, etc.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fong Chin Su

Distinguished Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fong-Chin Su, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Cheng Kung University

Locations

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National Cheng Kung University

Tainan City, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Zou L, SasaKi JE, Wang H, Xiao Z, Fang Q, Zhang M. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Baduanjin Qigong for Health Benefits: Randomized Controlled Trials. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017:4548706. doi: 10.1155/2017/4548706. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Zheng G, Fang Q, Chen B, Yi H, Lin Q, Chen L. Qualitative Evaluation of Baduanjin (Traditional Chinese Qigong) on Health Promotion among an Elderly Community Population at Risk for Ischemic Stroke. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:893215. doi: 10.1155/2015/893215. Epub 2015 Sep 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND

La Delfa J, Baytas MA, Patibanda R, Ngari H, Khot RA, Mueller F'F. Drone Chi: Somaesthetic human-drone interaction. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2020 April 23;1-13. doi: 10.1145/3313831.3376786.

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Kim H, Landay JA. Aeroquake: Drone Augmented Dance. Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 2018 June 8;691-701. doi: 10.1145/3196709.3196798.

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Eriksson S, Unander-Scharin Å, Trichon V, Unander-Scharin C, Kjellström H, Höök K. Dancing with drones: Crafting Novel Artistic Expressions Through Intercorporeality. Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2019 May 2;1-12. doi: 10.1145/3290605.3300847.

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Other Identifiers

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109-423

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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