Tai Chi for Improving Functions of Frail Older Adults

Frailty Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Effect of Tai Chi on Physical and Cognitive Function Among Frail Older Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05629728
• Other study ID #: ChungnamNU4
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 2024

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: Chungnam National University
• Contact: Jisu Seo, MSN
• Phone: 0425808408
• Email: jisu4523[@]naver.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goals of this study are to examine the physical function, cognitive function, and quality of life among frail elderly residing in the community

Description:

This randomized clinical trial recruited 100 frail older adults, assigned to either the Tai Chi group or the wait-list control group. Tai Chi intervention will be provided to the Tai Chi group for 12 weeks with 12-week follow-up and pretest and posttest measures will be conducted.

The primary outcome is the function variables (physical function of balance, flexibility, mobility; cognitive function of MOCA-K) The secondary outcome is quality of life measured by SF12.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being frail (3 out of the following 5 criteria): feeling fatigued, difficulty climbing 10 stairs without help, difficulty walking 300m without help, more than 5 chronic illness, weight loss 5 % or more past 1-5 years

• living in the community

• able to participate in Tai Chi program twice a week

Exclusion Criteria:

• participated in any formal exercise program past 6 months

• not have transportation to come to the class

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Frailty

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Tai Chi exercise
Sun-style Tai Chi (21 forms)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Chungnam National University	Daejeon

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chungnam National University	National Research Foundation of Korea

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	physical function - balance	balance was assessed using a one-leg-standing balance test (OLST)	changes from pretest to 12 week posttest scores
Primary	physical function - flexibility	flexibility was assessed by the standard sit-and-reach test (SSRT)	changes from pretest to 12 week posttest scores
Primary	physical function - mobility	mobility was assessed by the Timed Up and Go test (TUG)	changes from pretest to 12 week posttest scores
Primary	cognitive function	MOCA-K (Korean version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment) was used with the maximum score of 30. (more than 23 is normal and less than 13 is dementia, more cognitively impaired)	changes from pretest to 12 week posttest scores
Secondary	Short Form health survey 12 (SF12)	Short Form health survey 12 which consists of eight dimensions: general health, physical functioning, role physical, body pain, vitality, social functioning, role emotional, and mental health. two summary scores for the physical and mental components of health-related QoL are calculated by using the weighted means for the eight domains. Higher scores indicate better health-related QoL.	changes from pretest to 12 week posttest scores