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

Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01754415
• Other study ID #: FEMH-IRB-098101-3
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 6, 2012
• Last updated: November 13, 2013
• Start date: February 2010
• Est. completion date: May 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: May 2013
• Est. primary completion date: February 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 45 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

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.

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis

Intervention

Device:
• hydraulic resistance circuit training
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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Tsung-Ching Lin	New Taipei City

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)	Level of self-reported physical activity assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire,IPAQ and expressed as MET-minutes.	three years	Yes
Secondary	Body composition measurement	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).	three years	Yes
Secondary	The physical fitness assessment	The physical fitness designed to evaluate several components of functional ?tness 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 ?ngers behind the back when trying to touch the middle ?ngers 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.	three years	Yes