NCT06849557

Chair-bound Exergaming in Pre-frail/ Frail Older Adults in Nursing Home

Effectiveness of Chair-bound Exergaming on Physical and Cognitive Functions in Pre-frail/ Frail Older Adults in Nursing Home: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hong Kong Metropolitan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot randomized controlled trial is designed to investigate the effectiveness of chair-bound exergaming on improving physical and cognitive function in pre-frail/ frail nursing home residents

Detailed description

Objective To explore the effects of the chair-bound exergaming on the enjoyment of physical activity in in pre-frail/ frail nursing home residents. To evaluate the effects of the chair-bound exergaming in improving physical and cognitive function in pre-frail/ frail nursing home residents. Research plan and methodology Thirty nursing home residents will be recruited from the nursing homes. All the eligible participant will be randomly allocated to either one of the following 2 groups (i) Exergaming (intervention group), or (ii) wait list control. 1. Intervention group (exergaming group, ERG) Those allocated to the ERG will receive supervised chair-bound exercise programme for 12 weeks. 2. Control group (wait list control, CG) Those allocated to the CG will receive supervised chair-bound exercise programme for 12 weeks after post-assessment.

Conditions

• Frailty in Older Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exergaming	This intervention will last 12 weeks. Frail/ pre-frail participants will engage in supervised chair-bound exergaming.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-07
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2025-02-27
• Last updated: 2025-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong