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Virtual Tai Ji Quan for Fall Prevention

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Research Sponsored by Oregon Research Institute

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 4 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test how exercise can reduce falls in elderly people living at home.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for older adults aged 65-90 who have experienced at least one fall in the past year and take longer than normal to stand up from a seated position. They should not have dementia, be able to walk on their own, and must not have done tai ji quan or similar exercises regularly in the last six months.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests two virtual exercise programs designed to prevent falls: one focuses on various types of exercises (V-Multimodal), while the other is centered around tai ji quan movements (V-TJQMBB). Participants will be randomly assigned to either program.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves physical exercise, participants might experience muscle soreness or fatigue. There's also a small risk of injury from performing the exercises incorrectly. However, these activities are generally considered safe for older adults.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 4 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 4 months, 6 months, and 12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 4 months, 6 months, and 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Self-reported number of falls

Secondary outcome measures

30-second chair stand

Backward Digit Span

Category Fluency

+7 more

Other outcome measures

Activity-specific Balance Confidence (ABC)

EuroQol EQ-5D

Frailty Questionnaire

+3 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Group I: Virtual tai ji quanActive Control1 Intervention

Participants participating are intervened with practice and drills of tai ji quan forms and associated movements. Training focuses on lower-extremity strength, postural control, and mobility, with an emphasis on weight bearing and weight shifting, extending and controlling the body's center of mass over its base of support; self-induced movement perturbation; gait preparation, initiation, locomotion, and termination; and sensory integration. The exercise training also emphasizes connecting tai ji quan forms to transitional movements that are associated with performing daily activities. Each session includes brief movement-based warm-ups and light breathing cool-down exercises.

Group II: Virtual multimodal exerciseActive Control1 Intervention

Participants participating are intervened with a multicomponent exercise program that involves light walking, strength, postural control, and flexibility exercises. Walking exercises include amble forward and backward walk, long strides, heel-toe walking, narrow- and wide-base walking, and sidestepping. Strength training includes single- and multi-joint exercises such as semi-squats, lunging forward and sideways, and toe stands that involve exercising ankle dorsiflexors, knee extensors, and hip abductors. Balance training involves semi-tandem foot-standing, heel-toe and line walking, single-leg standing, alternation of the base of support, weight transfers, toe and heel movements, and various reaching and stretching movements away from the center of the base of support. Flexibility exercises include a static stretching routine of major upper and lower body muscle groups. Each session includes brief movement-based warm-ups and light breathing cool-down exercises.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Oregon Research InstituteLead Sponsor

84 Previous Clinical Trials

65,647 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Virtual multimodal exercise intervention (V-Multimodal) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05822466 — N/A

Accidental Falls Research Study Groups: Virtual tai ji quan, Virtual multimodal exercise

Accidental Falls Clinical Trial 2023: Virtual multimodal exercise intervention (V-Multimodal) Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05822466 — N/A

Virtual multimodal exercise intervention (V-Multimodal) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05822466 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any available openings to join this research program?

"Based on the clinicaltrials.gov listing, this study has ceased recruitment of participants. Although it was initially posted in August 2023 and updated as recently as April 10th 2023, there are currently 22 other trials actively enrolling patients."

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Does the criteria for this experiment include participants under the age of twenty?

"This investigation stipulates that potential enrollees must be between the ages of 65 to 90. There are also 1 clinical trials for people younger than 18 and 21 specifically targeting older patients."

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Could I potentially be accepted into this research endeavor?

"This research initiative seeks to enlist 620 senior citizens aged between 65 and 90 who have experienced 1+ falls within the past year. Furthermore, participants must generate a score of 12 seconds or higher on the Timed Up&Go (TUG) test in order to qualify."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Virtual Tai ji Quan Exercise to Prevent Falls in Older Adults

Fuzhong Li 2023. "Virtual Tai ji Quan Exercise to Prevent Falls in Older Adults". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05822466.