NCT06942832

Integrating SPOZ Technology to Support and Enhance the Vitality Acupunch (VA) Exercise Program for Older Adults With Dementia

The Integration of SPOZ Technology to Support and Enhance the Vitality Acupunch Exercise Program for Improving the Disease Dysfunction and Functional Fitness Deterioration of Older Adults With Dementia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 142 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project was aimed to examine the effects of a six-month VA exercise program incorporated the SPOZ technology in improving the disease dysfunction and functional fitness deterioration of older adults with dementia in adult daycare centers.

Detailed description

A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted to examine the effects of a six-month VA exercise program incorporated the SPOZ technology in improving the disease dysfunction, functional fitness deterioration (balance, lower muscle endurance, gait speed, handgrip strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle endurance, agility, body flexibility), activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and sleep quality of older adults with dementia in adult daycare centers. Using convenience sampling, 10 adult daycare centers with 142 older adults were recruited, and then cluster-randomized by the daycare centers to an experimental or a control group. The experimental group received a 40-minute program 3 times a week for 6 months; the control group maintained their routine activities. The two groups were measured at three time points: before the intervention, and at three months and six months of the intervention.

Conditions

• Disease and Dysfunction
• Functional Fitness Deterioration
• Activities of Daily Living
• Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
• Sleep Quality

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	VA-SPOZ exercise program	The VA-SPOZ exercise program had 3 phases and took 40 minutes to complete. The program was performed in a seated position, and the participants wore SPOZ devices on both hands to record and track the accuracy of the movements.
OTHER	Control	Participants maintained their routine activities.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-24
• Primary completion: 2025-12-18
• Completion: 2025-12-18
• First posted: 2025-04-24
• Last updated: 2025-12-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan