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NCT Number: NCT01754415

Evaluation of Exercise Benefits to Promote Health Aging Among Chronically Ill Geriatrics in a Community

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of hydraulic resistance circuit training for elderly people with chronic illness.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Arthritis Bone Diseases Bone Diseases, Metabolic Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Disease Diabetes Mellitus Disease Attributes Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Hypertension Joint Diseases Metabolic Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Rheumatic Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

45 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tsung-Ching Lin

New Taipei City, Taiwan, 220

About this study

This study is divided into three years. The aim of the first year is to analyze the types and percentage of chronic illness in middle- and old-aged population in communities and the impact on their physical and mental function. The Second year, we will use proper exercise prescriptions with exercise equipment available for chronic illness population and examine the improvement of their physical and mental functions after exercise intervention. The third year, we will adopt the concept of social marketing to promote knowledge about health-related fitness and exercise to communities and help to establish exercise center. To chronic illness people, the study seeks to delay the progression of disease and disability by encouraging them to participate in prescribed exercises. To relatively healthy people, exercise can achieve the purposes of healthy aging, decreased chronic illness, and improved ADLs function and life quality.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Subjects were recruited at the age of 45-80, and can communicate verbally and in writing.

Exclusion criteria

Subjects had physical limitation in sports and were advised not to exercise by doctors.

Treatment and study plan

hydraulic resistance circuit training

Device

12 weeks (3 times per week, 40 min circuit) of hydraulic resistance circuit training that consisted of 10 types of equipments for different part of strength training.

Primary outcomes

  1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

    Time frame: three years

    Level of self-reported physical activity assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire,IPAQ and expressed as MET-minutes.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Body composition measurement

    Time frame: three years

    Body composition refers to the amount of relative fat to muscle you have in your body, which the items include height (cm), weight(kg), body mass index (BMI), muscle mass(kg), fat (%), fat mass, fat free mass (FFM), and total body water (TBW).

  2. The physical fitness assessment

    Time frame: three years

    The physical fitness designed to evaluate several components of functional fitness was as follows:

    30-second chair stand test: Count the times that person rises in 30-s without pushing off with the arms.

    Chair sit and reach: Measure the distance with an 20-cm ruler that a person is short of reaching the toe (minus score) or beyond the toe (plus score).

    2-minute step test: Determine the times that person can step in place, raising (Alternate test) the knees to a height halfway between the iliac crest and middle of the patella, in 2-min.

    Back scratch: Measure the distance between (or the overlap of) the middle fingers behind the back when trying to touch the middle fingers of both hands together behind the back.

    8-foot up and go: Measure the time it takes to get out of a chair, walk 8-feet to and around a cone, and return to the chair.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Exercise Benefits to Promote Health Aging Among Chronically Ill Geriatrics in a Community.

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2013
First posted
Dec 21, 2012
Registry last updated
Nov 15, 2013

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