NCT06918678

Feasibility and Efficacy of A Remote Tai Chi Program in Older Adults

Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Remotely Delivered Tai Chi on Older Adults' 24-Hour Movement Behaviors: A Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project is designed to explore the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a remote Tai Chi program on older adults' 24-hour movement behaviors (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep patterns).

Detailed description

This study employed a 26-week cross-over, randomized control trial design in which each participant was assigned to one of two condition (i.e., 10 participants/cohort, 2 cohorts/condition) sequences at baseline: 1) the Tai Chi intervention condition then the usual care condition; or 2) usual care condition then intervention condition. The intervention condition requested participants participate in remote Tai Chi program for 60 minutes/session 2 times/week beyond their usual care. The usual care condition asked participants to maintain regular activities without Tai Chi and not to change their regular activity routine. Each condition lasted 12 weeks, with a 2-week washout separating treatments. The researchers monitored intervention fidelity via monthly follow-up phone calls.

Conditions

• Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Tai Chi intervention	The Tai Chi program was delivered virtually via Zoom by a certified Tai Chi instructor for 12 weeks. Tai Chi forms employed in the class was adapted from an evident-based fall prevention program - Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance. This program is a research-based Tai Chi balance training regimen. The program composed of core adapted Tai Chi movements and various therapeutic movements as well as breathing exercises
OTHER	Usual care condiition	In the usual care condition, the investigators requested that participants maintain their regular activities during their time in the usual care condition. The participants were encouraged to refrain from Tai Chi, but not prohibited from engaging in Tai Chi, in the usual care period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-20
• Primary completion: 2023-10-30
• Completion: 2023-10-30
• First posted: 2025-04-09
• Last updated: 2025-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States