What this means
This is a trial that is still recruiting people, and no results have been posted yet. It will test whether a Healthy Beat Acupunch program changes fitness over six months.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 65 and over
- Where
- 2 sites
The science
- Registered title
- The Effects of Healthy Beat Acupunch on Physical Fitness of Thai Older Adults in Residential Homes
- Trial ID
- NCT05825989 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Aging
- What is tested
- Healthy Beat Acupunch Regimen
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University
- Ages
- 65 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Apr 24, 2023 · updated Feb 6, 2025
Registry summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of the first three months of instructor-led HBA regimen on physical fitness (aerobic endurance, lung capacity, upper body flexibility, lower body flexibility, handgrip strength, upper body strength, and lower body strength) between the HBA intervention and control groups, to test the effects of another three months of DVD-led HBA regimen followed by the three months of instructor-led on physical fitness between the HBA intervention and control groups and to test the changes at three and six months of the HBA regimen in comparison to the baseline of the physical fitness in the HBA intervention group.
Sites (2)
- Ban Bang Khae Social Welfare Development Center for Older Persons, Bang Khae, Bangkok, Thailand
- Watsanawet Social Welfare Development Center for Older Persons, Nakhon Luang, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand