Effects of Taichi Exercises on Cardiorespiratory Fittness (taichi)

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child, Only

Treatments: Other: tai chi exercises; Other: Art and crafts activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06673758

REC/RCR & AHS/24/0712

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effects of tai chi exercises on cardiorespiratory fitness among scchool going childern. sample size is 30 .divided two groups into 15 15 members one group is giving hand and art crafts activity other is giving tai chi basics level exercises then check and compare cardiorespiratory fitness by time up and go test and 6 minutes walk test. compare the results.

Full description

This study will be a randomized controlled trial involving 30 participants, with data collected from the Sanai school system in Sargodha. The study will include school-aged children with normal weight between the ages of 10 and 14. Children with any cardiorespiratory conditions, hemophilia, muscular dystrophy, or a history of cardiovascular events will be excluded. The sample of 30 will be divided into two groups of 15 participants each. Group A will participate in tai chi exercises across three levels, while Group B will engage only in basic arts and crafts activities. The interventions will consist of 10 sessions, conducted at a rate of 5 sessions per week over 2 weeks. To assess the respiratory fitness of the children, data will be collected using the 6-minute walk test and the Timed Up and Go test. Data analysis will be performed using SPSS version 26.0.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• childerns with 10 to 14 years
• childerns with normal weight less than 30kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Childerns with any cardiorespiratory issues
• Childerns who have gone through CVA,hemophilia, dystrophy and conditions which impact cardiorespiratory status

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

experimental group given tai chi exercises on three levels of two weeks sessions of total 10 session in five days of each week.

Treatment:

Other: tai chi exercises

control group

Other group

Description:

15 participants are given art and crafts activity of two weeks

Treatment:

Other: Art and crafts activity