CompletedNot Applicable

Tai Chi Exercise in Older People

Taiwan456 participantsStarted 2011-01

Plain-language summary

The effects of tai chi exercise and lower-extremity training on improving the primary outcome and secondary outcomes among older people will be compared.

Who can participate

Age range60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Persons aged 60 years and older and who require medical attention in the emergency rooms due to sustaining a fall. Exclusion Criteria: * A major unstable cardiopulmonary disease * Cognitive impairment * Contraindications to physical exercise * The inability to ambulate * Frail elderly.

What they're measuring

To ascertain the occurrence of falls

Timeframe: 18 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01039779

SponsorTaipei Medical University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-06

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