Effects of Ba Duan Jin Training for Older People

NCT ID: NCT06550661

Last Updated: 2025-08-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

78 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-03

Study Completion Date

2025-04-30

Brief Summary

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Baduanjin is one of the widely circulated fitness methods. The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the General Administration of Sports of China have vigorously promoted it as one of the contents of health and physical education classes, and promoted it as a health Qigong method throughout mainland China. It can be seen that Baduanjin's gentle and non-aggressive movements are suitable for physical training for people of all ages.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Exercise Old Age

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Ba duan jin training

twice a week

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ba duan jin

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

a kind of exercise

usual care

once a week with video

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Ba duan jin

a kind of exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* (1) old person able to communicate and follow instructions, (2) stable and with sufficient physical strength: able to maintain at least one sitting position in a wheelchair or on the edge of a bed.

Exclusion Criteria

* (1) Difficulty standing or walking and obvious musculoskeletal disease, (2) Diagnosed and recommended by a physician Those who are not suitable for sports activities, (3) serious diseases/unstable conditions, such as severe cardiopulmonary, liver and kidney diseases, severe malignant tumors, severe malnutrition, severe dementia, (4) more than 180 minutes of exercise per week in the past month time, (5) severe arrhythmia, (6) no intention to participate.
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Chiu Shu-Ching

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Chiu

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Locations

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Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

Taichung, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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CTU112-SHOW-002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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