Status:
COMPLETED
Health Outcomes of Two Different Tai Chi Interventions
Lead Sponsor:
University of Connecticut
Conditions:
Hypertension
Fall
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Tai Chi results in numerous health benefits but whether it can be tailored to elicit different health outcomes is not clear. Therefore, investigators compared the health benefits of two different Tai ...
Detailed Description
By 2030, older adults (≥65 years) will comprise approximately 20% (\~72 million) of the United States (US) population. Currently in the US, over 70% of older adults have hypertension, and approximatel...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The participant was enrolled in one of the three programs at Seabury including: the Seabury at Home program, the Independent Living program, and the Assisted Living program.
- The participant was 50 or older, which was the age limit to be enrolled in any Seabury programs.
- The participant was ambulatory without using an assistive device (e.g., walkers, canes, crutches).
Exclusion
- 1\. Older adults who enrolled in the Memory Support Assisted Living program or the Skilled Nursing program at Seabury were not invited to participate because Tai Chi practice could be too cognitively and/or physically challenging for them.
- 2\. To ensure the safety of exercise and avoid potential exercise-related cardiac events, if the participant had blood pressure (BP) be systolic BP \<90 and/or systolic BP ≥160 mmHg and/or diastolic BP \<60 and/or diastolic BP ≥100 mmHg during screening, this participant was excluded from further participation.
- 3\. Participants were removed from the study if they were not willing to comply with all study procedures. Participants were also removed from the study in the event of injury, illness, or other change that may influence the outcome variables being measured.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04407403
Start Date
November 1 2017
End Date
November 30 2018
Last Update
May 29 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Seabury
Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States, 06002