Health Effects of Taekwondo Training for Elderly Over the... | NCT07451288

Studies
Health Effects of Taekwondo Training for Elderly Over the Age of 60 Years

NCT07451288

Sponsor

Vegard Vereide Iversen

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Mar 5, 2026Actual

Enrollment

40Actual

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Aging
Physical Activity in Adults

Interventions

Taekwondo training

Countries

Norway

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Feb 2026

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Oct 1, 2024Actual

Primary Completion Date

Jun 25, 2025Actual

Completion Date

Jun 25, 2025Actual

First Submitted Date

Feb 22, 2026

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Feb 27, 2026

First Posted Date

Mar 5, 2026Actual

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Feb 27, 2026

Last Update Posted Date

Mar 5, 2026Actual

Sponsor/Collaborators Module

Responsible Party, by Official Title

Vegard Vereide Iversen, Associate professor, Western Norway University of Applied SciencesSponsor-Investigator

Lead Sponsor

Vegard Vereide IversenOTHER

Collaborators

Not provided

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Yes

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Is FDA Regulated Device

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled trial investigates the effects of a 10-week Taekwondo (TKD) training intervention on physical and cognitive function in community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older. Participants are randomly allocated to either an intervention group undertaking supervised Taekwondo training twice weekly or to a waiting-list control group maintaining usual activity for 10 weeks before receiving the same intervention.

The primary aim is to determine whether structured Taekwondo training improves balance performance compared to a control condition. Secondary outcomes include lower- and upper-body muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness (VO₂max), blood pressure, body composition, and selected cognitive outcomes.

Assessments are conducted at baseline and after the 10-week intervention period. A 1-year follow-up assessment is included to examine long-term maintenance of effects. The study is designed to evaluate whether Taekwondo represents a safe, feasible, and effective multimodal training approach for promoting physical function and healthy ageing in older adults.

Detailed Description

Not provided

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

40Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
TKD intervention	Experimental	10 week TKD training	Behavioral: Taekwondo training
Control	No Intervention	Live life as usual

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Taekwondo training	Behavioral	Tkd training two times a week for ten weeks	TKD intervention

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
TKD training change strength	Change chest and leg strength	10 weeks
Taekwondo training change strength	Taekwondo changes strength measured by Keiser chest press and leg press apparatus	10 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Over the age of 60 years, no previous experience with martial art

Exclusion Criteria:

sick and not able to speak Norwegian

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

60 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Not provided

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Western Norway University of applied sciences		Bergen		5097	Norway

IPD Sharing Statement Module

Plan to Share IPD

Description

Not provided

Types

Not provided

Time Frame

Not provided

Access Criteria

Not provided

URL

Not provided