NCT06928532

Seated Tai Chi Improves Dynamic Finger Pointing Task and Sitting Balance Control in Subjects With Parkinson's Disease

Seated Tai Chi Improves Dynamic Finger Pointing Task and Sitting Balance Control in Subjects With Parkinson's Disease: A Prospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this prospective study is to investigate the effects of 3 months seated Tai Chi (TC) practice on the eye-hand coordination and sitting balance control of subjects with Parkinson's disease. The main objective it aims to answer are the effects of seated TC training on: * Shoulder joint range of motion; * Eye-hand coordination; * Dynamic sitting balance control; and * Quality of life in individuals with Parkinson's disease Researchers compared seated TC training with a control group to see if it improved the aforementioned outcomes. Participants completed: * 3-month TC training of 24 sessions in total * two sessions per week and each session lasted for 1-hour * went on with their usual physical activities and routines outside the training

Conditions

• Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
• Tai Chi

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Seated TC	3-month seated Tai Chi training (24 sessions in total) given to Parkinson's disease patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-29
• Primary completion: 2019-07-15
• Completion: 2020-09-30
• First posted: 2025-04-15
• Last updated: 2025-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong