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Development and Evaluation of the Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) Exercise Program for the Community Older Adults

NCT02567864 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 232

Last updated 2017-05-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goals of this research project were: 1) to develop a senior-tailored Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program for community-dwelling older adults, 2) to test the effects of a six-month, instructor-led HBA exercise program, and 3) to evaluate the feasibility, compliance, and long-term effects of a six-month, DVD-guide HBA exercise program.

Conditions

  • Functional Fitness

Interventions

OTHER

Healthy Beat Accupunch exercise program

HBA has three phases and takes 40 minutes to complete.

OTHER

control

participants maintain their daily activities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Kaohsiung Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kuei-Min Chen, Ph.D. · Kaohsiung Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-12
Primary Completion
2017-05-05
Completion
2017-05-05

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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