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Seated Tai Chi Improves Dynamic Finger Pointing Task and Sitting Balance Control in Subjects With Parkinson's Disease

NCT06928532 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2025-04-15

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Summary

The goal of this prospective study is to investigate the effects of 3 months seated Tai Chi (TC) practice on the eye-hand coordination and sitting balance control of subjects with Parkinson's disease. The main objective it aims to answer are the effects of seated TC training on:

* Shoulder joint range of motion;
* Eye-hand coordination;
* Dynamic sitting balance control; and
* Quality of life in individuals with Parkinson's disease

Researchers compared seated TC training with a control group to see if it improved the aforementioned outcomes.

Participants completed:

* 3-month TC training of 24 sessions in total
* two sessions per week and each session lasted for 1-hour
* went on with their usual physical activities and routines outside the training

Conditions

  • Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
  • Tai Chi

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Seated TC

3-month seated Tai Chi training (24 sessions in total) given to Parkinson's disease patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hong Kong Metropolitan University

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William Wai Nam Tsang, PhD · Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-29
Primary Completion
2019-07-15
Completion
2020-09-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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