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NCT Number: NCT01039779

Tai Chi Exercise in Older People

The effects of tai chi exercise and lower-extremity training on improving the primary outcome and secondary outcomes among older people will be compared.

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Key information

Conditions

Fallers Aged 60 Years and Older

Age range

60 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Taipei Medical University

Taipei, 110, Taiwan

About this study

Does not desire.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Persons aged 60 years and older and who require medical attention in the emergency rooms due to sustaining a fall.

Exclusion criteria

  • A major unstable cardiopulmonary disease
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Contraindications to physical exercise
  • The inability to ambulate
  • Frail elderly.

Treatment and study plan

Exercise

Behavioral

Exercise will be taught every week over the 6-month intervention period at a subject's residence by instructors.

Primary outcomes

  1. To ascertain the occurrence of falls

    Time frame: 18 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Fall-related outcomes of physical and psychological functions will assessed using direct interviews or performance tests at the subject's residence

    Time frame: 18 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Taipei Medical University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized Trial of Tai Chi Exercise on Reducing Falls in Older Taiwanese People

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Dec 25, 2009
Registry last updated
May 19, 2015

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