Research on the development and feasibility of care-prevention exercises with locally specific music for community-dwelling older people

UMIN ID: UMIN000054055

Registered date:05/04/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: fit community-dwelling older adults
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/03/26
• Target sample size: 20
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): The developed exercises will be introduced at the community meeting place, where people meet once a week and where exercise is regularly practiced. After informing the participants about the exercises and the precautions to be taken to ensure their safe implementation, they are asked to watch a video and a leaflet and perform the developed exercises once a week for three months, in addition to the exercises they already do.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Continuation rate of exercise
• Secondary Outcome: accidents of falling, pain during exercises, ease of performing exercises, walking speed, sit-to-stand test, knee extension strength, standing on one leg, and body composition (muscle mass, fat mass)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 65years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: # Persons who have been certified as requiring nursing care. # Those with a history of neurological disease (e.g. stroke, Parkinson's disease) that affects balance function.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Konan Women's University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Konan Women's University