Community-based Tai Chi, Balance, and Fall Risk

Completed

Conditions studied: Postural Balance, Fall, Proprioceptive Disorders

In brief

Aims: Examine the effects of a community Tai Chi program on measures of balance and sensorimotor function. Methods: In a pre-test and post-test design, balance was measured in older adults (N=344; 73.4±7.4 years) with 30-second chair stand, timed-up and go, and 4-stage balance test following a 12-week community-based tai chi intervention. Balance measures and additional sensorimotor measures, including hip abductor electromechanical delay and hip proprioception, were measured in a smaller sample of older adults (n=11; 67.3±3.7 years).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04173936

Run by

University of North Carolina at Asheville

People needed

405

Starts

2014-01-11

Expected to finish

2017-06-15

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-22

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 60 years or older
• ability to independently ambulate
• self-described concern with stability and/or mobility.

You may not qualify if…

• Neurological diagnosis
• Participants body weight exceeds >450 pounds).

Where it is running

• UNC Asheville — Asheville, North Carolina, United States

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