What this means
This trial plans to test a 40-minute exercise program with gentle moves and tapping for 6 months. It has not started yet, so no results exist, and we cannot yet tell if it helps.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 60 and over
- Where
- Not listed
The science
- Registered title
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Healthy Beat Acupunch Regimen on Physical Fitness, Sleep Quality, and Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
- Trial ID
- NCT07868575 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Health Promotion
- What is tested
- Healthy Beat Acupunch (HBA) Exercise Program
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
- Ages
- 60 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Oct 9, 2026 · updated Oct 9, 2026
Registry summary
This study will evaluate the effects and preliminary cost-effectiveness of the Healthy Beat Acupunch (HBA) exercise program among community-dwelling older adults in Thailand. HBA is a 40-minute exercise program that combines gentle body movements with rhythmic tapping along traditional Chinese medicine meridian points.
Older adults in the intervention group will participate in HBA exercise three times per week for 6 months. During months 1-3, the sessions will be led by trained exercise leaders. During months 4-6, participants will exercise using a prerecorded HBA video, with personnel present to monitor safety. Participants in the control group will continue their usual daily activities and usual health services without receiving the HBA program during the study period.
Physical fitness, sleep quality, and health-related quality of life will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months. The study will also compare the direct and indirect costs of the leader-led and video-led phases and conduct a preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis to examine whether the HBA program may be a practical and sustainable health-promotion approach for older adults living in the community.