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The Effectiveness of Baduajin in People With Intellectual Disability

NCT05107973 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2021-12-03

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Summary

Due to the ageing process, individuals with intellectual disability (ID) experience decreased balance and loss of functionality at an earlier age than their peers without ID. Above-mentioned negative effects of the age affect particularly work ability, forcing to the retirement. It also implies difficulties for social interaction and economic problems, among others.

Baduajin is a traditional Chinese exercise and it has been demonstrated as an effective therapy in different alterations of the movement (i.e. Parkinson Disease).

The hypothesis of this study is that a training program of Badaujing will improve the balance and functionality of individuals with ID over 40 years old that from a company of in sheltered work.

Subjects with mild to moderate ID aged 40 years or older who are working in Lantegi Batuak (Bizkaia, Spain) will be invited to take part in an Baduajin intervention. The training program will consist in a 1 hour session each week during 9 month. Participants will be randomly assigned to a control or intervention group. Before and after the intervention, all the participants will be assessed with the following protocol: SPPB for functionality, balance in stabilometric platform, and strength of the upper limb.

Conditions

  • Disability, Intellectual

Interventions

OTHER

Baduajin

The intervention will consist in a 1 hour supervised Baduajin sessions conducted once a week a certified instructor with more than 10 years of experience. Each session will start with 5 min of warm up, 50 minutes of Baduajin and 5 min of cool down. In the main part the participants exercise the wholes set of Baduajin that consist of eigth forms.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
66 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-06-15
Completion
2022-09-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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