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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypertension; Diabetes; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: hydraulic resistance circuit training

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 160
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • New Taipei City, Taiwan, 220
    • Tsung-Ching Lin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 45 years to 90 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control; Do exercise at home with video program designed by our team.
Experimental: hydraulic resistance circuit training; Intervention:12 weeks resistance training	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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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
The physical fitness assessment	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.	three years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• Investigators: Study Chair: Tsung-Ching Lin, Master, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 6, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 18, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): December 21, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 15, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 13, 2013
• Last Verified: November 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Aging; Chronic illness; Resistance circuit training
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Metabolic Diseases; Disease Attributes; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Bone Diseases; Bone Diseases, Metabolic; Chronic Disease; Osteoporosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: FEMH-IRB-098101-3