Influence of Sit Muscle Strength Training and Game on Elderly

Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging; Physical Disability; Elderly; Dementia

Treatments: Other: Sitting strength + game training; Other: Health education; Other: Game training; Other: Sit muscle strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03411382

CentralTaiwanUST

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 207 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

1.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).

2.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).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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207 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Sit muscle strength training

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Sit muscle strength training

Game training

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Game training

Sitting strength + game training

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Sitting strength + game training

Health education

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Health education