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

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01754415
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: December 21, 2012
• Last Update Posted: November 15, 2013
• Sponsor: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Study Description

Brief Summary:

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

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Diabetes; Hypertension; Osteoporosis; Osteoarthritis	Device: hydraulic resistance circuit training	Not Applicable

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 Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Actual Enrollment: 160 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Single (Participant)
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Official Title: Evaluation of Exercise Benefits to Promote Health Aging Among Chronically Ill Geriatrics in a Community.
• Study Start Date: February 2010
• Actual Primary Completion Date: February 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: May 2013

Arms and Interventions

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.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) [ Time Frame: three years ]
   Level of self-reported physical activity assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire,IPAQ and expressed as MET-minutes.

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Body composition measurement [ Time Frame: three years ]
   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).
2. The physical fitness assessment [ Time Frame: three years ]

   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.

Eligibility Criteria

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

Criteria

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.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Taiwan

Tsung-Ching Lin

New Taipei City, Taiwan, 220

Sponsors and Collaborators

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Investigators

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

More Information

• Responsible Party: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01754415
• Other Study ID Numbers: FEMH-IRB-098101-3
• First Posted: December 21, 2012
• Last Update Posted: November 15, 2013
• Last Verified: November 2013

Keywords provided by Far Eastern Memorial Hospital:

Aging; Chronic illness; Resistance circuit training

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Osteoporosis; Chronic Disease; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Bone Diseases, Metabolic; Bone Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes