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| National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan | OTHER |
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The effects of tai chi exercise and lower-extremity training on improving the primary outcome and secondary outcomes among older people will be compared.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Lower-extremity exercise training | Active Comparator | This training will be tailored by physical therapists for each participant. A series of exercises will be applied to increase the stability of the trunk muscles and to strengthen the leg muscles. |
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| Tai chi exercise | Active Comparator | Yang-style tai chi with 18 movements will be taught every week over the 6-month intervention period at a subject's residence by tai chi instructors |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Exercise | Behavioral | Exercise will be taught every week over the 6-month intervention period at a subject's residence by instructors. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| To ascertain the occurrence of falls | 18 months |
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| Fall-related outcomes of physical and psychological functions will assessed using direct interviews or performance tests at the subject's residence | 18 months |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Mau-Roung Lin, Ph.D. | Taipei Medical University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Taipei Medical University | Taipei | 110 | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015444 | Exercise |
| ID | Term |
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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
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