NCT04504786

Vitality Acupunch Exercise Program for Sarcopenia Older Adults

Effects of the Vitality Acupunch Exercise Program on the ADL and Functional Fitness of Sarcopenia Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 114 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project was aimed to test the effects of a six-month VA program on the activities of daily living (ADL) and functional fitness of institutional older adults with sarcopenia.

Detailed description

A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the effects of a six-month VA program on ADL and functional fitness (lung capacity, body flexibility, range of the joint's motion, and muscle endurance) of institutional older adults with sarcopenia. Using convenience sampling, 12 long-term care facilities with 114 older adults were recruited, and then cluster-randomized by the facility to a VA experimental or a control group. The experimental group received the VA program led by certified instructors 3 times per week and 40 minutes per session for six months; the control group continued with their regular daily activities. One pre-test and two post-tests, three months apart, were conducted.

Conditions

• Activities of Daily Living
• Functional Fitness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Vitality acupunch (VA) exercise program	The VA had three phases and took 40 minutes to complete.
OTHER	Control	Participants maintained their daily activities.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-07
• Primary completion: 2021-03-06
• Completion: 2021-03-06
• First posted: 2020-08-07
• Last updated: 2021-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan