The Effect of IoT-based Smart Exercises System in the Senior Adults

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Elderly Exercise

Treatments: Device: smart exercise system

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04137939

B-BR-106-072

Details and patient eligibility

About

Subjects are divided into two groups, (1) Control (Ctrl) and (2) Smart Exercise (SE) group. Ctrl group are instructed to maintain their daily life. SE participants are instructed to do exercise with smart exercise system twice per week for 12 weeks. The physical fitness tests and questionnaire of both group are performed before and after the 12-week exercise program.

Full description

The smart exercise system contain an upper extremity cycle ergometer (UEE) and a lower extremity cycle ergometer (LEE). SE group are instructed to do once session of UEE and once session of LEE per week, 30 minute per session, lasting for 12 weeks. Before each exercise, the physiological parameter are measured to ensure safety. During the exercise sessions, exercise-related metrics, including workload, cadence (revolutions per minute, RPM), exercise duration, heart rate, and facial action units (AUs), will be continuously recorded in real time. Ratings of perceived exertion will also be collected at regular intervals throughout the exercise sessions.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult over 50 years old
• No significant limb disability or joint deformation
• No history of cardiovascular disease
• Never lost balance due to dizziness in the past 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• limb disability or joint deformation
• history of cardiovascular disease
• lost balance due to dizziness in the past 12 months
• cognitive deficits

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Ctrl group is instructed to maintain their original daily life

Smart Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

SE group are instructed to perform one session of upper extremity ergometer and one session of lower extremity ergometer in a week, 30 minute per session, lasting for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Device: smart exercise system