Effect of Tai Chi on Functional Fitness of Elderly Patients With Degenerative Arthritis

Chen Li Tien

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exercise Training

Treatments: Behavioral: tai chi

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03660254

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Degenerative arthritis is a common disease in the elderly , in recent years, there are young trends, the symptoms often cause great pain in the elderly, associated with lower physical exercise caused by decreased muscle mass, functional fitness performance Is also poor, affecting the ability of elderly people to live independently. Therefore, this study mainly explores whether the intervention of tai chi can improve the functional fitness of the elderly and reduce the pain index of the elderly. The study was designed to take the sample, which was divided into experimental group and control group. It was expected to receive 100 people. The subjects were asked to use the basic information, Karnofsky scale, The functional fitness test, the exercise conscious scale and the WOMAC pain scale were used as the research tools. The SPSS system was used to analyze whether the functional fitness index and the pain index were significantly different before and after exercise intervention. Whether the exercise intervention has an effect on the elderly.

Full description

Degenerative arthritis is a common disease in the elderly , in recent years, there are young trends, the symptoms often cause great pain in the elderly, associated with lower physical exercise caused by decreased muscle mass, functional fitness performance Is also poor, affecting the ability of elderly people to live independently. Therefore, this study mainly explores whether the intervention of tai chi can improve the functional fitness of the elderly and reduce the pain index of the elderly. The study was designed to take the sample, which was divided into experimental group and control group. It was expected to receive 100 people. The subjects were asked to use the basic information, Karnofsky scale, The functional fitness test, the exercise conscious scale and the WOMAC pain scale were used as the research tools. The SPSS system was used to analyze whether the functional fitness index and the pain index were significantly different before and after exercise intervention. Whether the exercise intervention has an effect on the elderly.

Enrollment: 1 patient

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Elderly persons aged 65 or above who actively participate in community activities
2. awareness MMSE score ≧ 25 and can use the Chinese, Taiwanese fluent communication
3. can stand for more than 60 minutes and the Kirsley scale for the second to zero level.

Exclusion criteria

1. medical advice for those who can not exercise
2. suffering from significant cardiovascular and heart disease
3. suffering from high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes
4. those suffering from skeletal muscle disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1 participants in 2 patient groups

one group has exercise intervention

Experimental group

Description:

tai chi exercise intervention，two times a week and each time costs one hour

Treatment:

Behavioral: tai chi

no intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

no intervention