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The Effect of Exercise Intervention on the Community's Older Adults

NCT02936336 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 411

Last updated 2018-05-14

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Summary

Osteoporosis is a serious global health problem, second only to cardiovascular disease. Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in the elderly population, characterized by loss of bone mineral density (BMD) and continuous destruction of bone microstructure, especially in postmenopausal women. It gives rise to bone fragility and fracture risk. Moreover, as people grow older, falls frequently occur with high severity, and nearly 35% to 45% of persons aged 65 or older fall at least once a year. Osteoporotic fractures increase mortality, morbidity, chronic pain, and the cost of social care and it decreases the quality of life. Here, investigators plan to perform different exercise interventions such as circuit exercise, aerobic dance and Tai Chi on the community's older adults to evaluate whether exercise intervention could improve the bone mineral density, physical fitness, muscle strength or quality of life.

Conditions

  • Metabolic Disease

Interventions

OTHER

exercise

circuit exercise, aerobic dance and Tai Chi exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Wen-Wei HSU, MD · Sports Medicine Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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