Effect of Tai Chi on Functional Fitness of Elderly Patients With Degenerative Arthritis

Degenerative arthritis is a common disease in the elderly , in recent years, there are young trends, the symptoms often cause great pain in the elderly, associated with lower physical exercise caused by decreased muscle mass, functional fitness performance Is also poor, affecting the ability of elderly people to live independently. Therefore, this study mainly explores whether the intervention of tai chi can improve the functional fitness of the elderly and reduce the pain index of the elderly. The study was designed to take the sample, which was divided into experimental group and control group. It was expected to receive 100 people. The subjects were asked to use the basic information, Karnofsky scale, The functional fitness test, the exercise conscious scale and the WOMAC pain scale were used as the research tools. The SPSS system was used to analyze whether the functional fitness index and the pain index were significantly different before and after exercise intervention. Whether the exercise intervention has an effect on the elderly.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Exercise Training
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: tai chi

Detailed Description

Degenerative arthritis is a common disease in the elderly , in recent years, there are young trends, the symptoms often cause great pain in the elderly, associated with lower physical exercise caused by decreased muscle mass, functional fitness performance Is also poor, affecting the ability of elderly people to live independently. Therefore, this study mainly explores whether the intervention of tai chi can improve the functional fitness of the elderly and reduce the pain index of the elderly. The study was designed to take the sample, which was divided into experimental group and control group. It was expected to receive 100 people. The subjects were asked to use the basic information, Karnofsky scale, The functional fitness test, the exercise conscious scale and the WOMAC pain scale were used as the research tools. The SPSS system was used to analyze whether the functional fitness index and the pain index were significantly different before and after exercise intervention. Whether the exercise intervention has an effect on the elderly.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 1
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei City, Taiwan, 115
    • Laozhuang Popular activity center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years to 100 years (OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Elderly persons aged 65 or above who actively participate in community activities
2. awareness MMSE score ≧ 25 and can use the Chinese, Taiwanese fluent communication
3. can stand for more than 60 minutes and the Kirsley scale for the second to zero level.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. medical advice for those who can not exercise
2. suffering from significant cardiovascular and heart disease
3. suffering from high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes
4. those suffering from skeletal muscle disease

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
NO_INTERVENTION: no intervention
EXPERIMENTAL: one group has exercise intervention; tai chi exercise intervention，two times a week and each time costs one hour	Behavioral: tai chi; tai chi exercise intervention，two times a week and each time cost one hour

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
height	Measuring the height of the subject	1 min
Weight	Measuring the weight of the subject	1 min
Muscle strength	measuring how many times of "sit and down" can he do in 30 secs	1 min
Endurance	measuring how many times can he do "knee pull-in" in 2 mins	2 mins
Heart rate	measuring heart rate before and after knee pull-in	2 mins
Softness(sit and reach test)	sitting on the floor with legs stretched out straight ahead， With the palms facing downwards, and the hands on top of each other or side by side, the subject reaches forward along the measuring line as far as possible.	1 min
balance(One foot station)	measuring how long can he stand in one foot	2 mins
walking	walking for 10 meters and measuring how long participants take	1 min

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chen Li Tien

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): December 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): February 28, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): February 28, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 22, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 4, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): September 6, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): September 6, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 4, 2018
• Last Verified: September 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Arthritis; Osteoarthritis
• Other Study ID Numbers: b409103042@tmu.edu.tw

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No