Tai Chi Exercise on Balance and Awereeness

Effects of Tai Chi Exercise on Balance and Body Awareness of Younger Adults

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Tai chi exercises on balance and body awareness in younger adults. Forty-two healthy subjects between the ages of 18-25 who do not have any restriction to exercise participate in our study. After recording the sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects, static and dynamic balance and body awareness will be evaluated. Kinesthetic Ability Trainer will be used to assess static and dynamic balance and body awareness will be evulated with Body Awareness Questionnaire. All assessments will be done before and 12 weeks after the tai chi exercise. Tai-chi training will be performed as a group exercise. Duration for tai chi exercise will be 60 minutes for 2 days per week totally 12 weeks.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Young Adult
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Tai-chi training

Detailed Description

Tai-chi training was performed as a group exercise. Duration for tai chi exercise was 60 minutes for 2 days per week for 12 weeks. Each session includes 10 min warm-up and cool-down and 40 min Tai Chi exercises. During exercises, attention was paid to correct positioning of the upper and lower extremity joints, and mentally concentration was achieved. Slow and controlled movements were carried out by a specialized physiotherapist

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 42
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey, 06790
    • Başkent University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects between the ages of 18-25,
2. Subjects who had lack of disease.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects with neurological symptoms,
2. Subjects with orthopedic problems,
3. Subjects with heart failure,
4. Subjects with respiratory distress.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

EXPERIMENTAL: Tai-chi training; Tai-chi training performe as a group exercise. Duration for tai chi exercise will be 60 minutes for 2 days per week for 12 weeks. Each session includes 10 min warm-up and cool-down and 40 min Tai Chi exercises. During exercises, attention paid to correct positioning of the upper and lower extremity joints, and mentally concentration achieve. Slow and controlled movements will carry out by a specialized physiotherapist.

Other: Tai-chi training; Group exercise apply with physiotherapist

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Body Awareness Questionnaire	Body awareness will be evaluated with Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ). It is a questionnaire composed of 4 subgroups (changes in the body process, sleep-wake cycle, estimation of the onset of the disease, estimation of the body reactions) and a total of 18 expressions to determine the normal or non-normal sensitivity level of the body composition. Subjects assess each item from 1 to 7. Higher scores on the BAQ indicates higher awareness.	12 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Balance Test	Kinesthetic Ability Trainer (KAT) 3000 (KAT 3000, Berg, Vista, CA, USA) will be used to assess static and dynamic balance. The KAT 3000 consists of a movable platform supported on a central point by a small pivot. A tilt sensor on the platform is connected to a computer, which registers the deviation of the platform from a reference position 18.2 times each second. The distance from the central point to the reference position is measured at every registration. From the summation of these distances, a score, the balance index (BI), can be calculated (a low BI implies good ability to perform the balance test).	12 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Baskent University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: ayca tigli, Phd, Başkent University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): January 8, 2019
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): April 2, 2019
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): May 2, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 2, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 3, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): April 30, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 29, 2020
• Last Verified: April 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: exercise; posture; Awareness
• Other Study ID Numbers: KA19/10

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