Feasibility of a Tai Chi with Thera-Band Training Program: A Pilot Study
| Autor: | Wendy Moyle, Cindy Jones, Meiling Qi, Benjamin Kurt Weeks |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
older sedentary office workers Strength training Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Physical fitness Pain Pilot Projects Tai Chi Article law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Preventive Health Services strength training Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Adverse effect Exercise Aged business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Attendance Middle Aged Psychological well-being Quality of Life Physical therapy physical fitness Feasibility Studies psychological well-being Tai Ji Sedentary Behavior business Training program 030217 neurology & neurosurgery feasibility |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 22 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17228462 |
| Popis: | Tai Chi, combined with Thera-band (TCTB) exercise may be associated with an improvement in health where it increases physical fitness, improves psychological well-being, and decreases pain. This paper aimed to determine the feasibility of TCTB exercise in older sedentary office workers. Forty office workers aged over 55 years participated in a pilot randomized controlled trial (i.e., 12-week TCTB exercise or Tai Chi exercise only). Feasibility of the TCTB exercise approach was ascertained through the recruitment and enrolment rate, acceptability of the study intervention by participants including retention and adherence rates, participants&rsquo learning process, the appropriateness of data collection as well as the participants&rsquo evaluation of the intervention. Recruitment took longer than planned, with a low recruitment rate of 2.0% (42/2020), but a high enrolment rate of 95.2% (40/42). Thirty-one participants (i.e., 77.5%) completed the intervention. Of those who completed the trial, the overall average attendance was reported as 85.2% 84.7% in the TCTB group and 85.7% in the Tai Chi only group. A total of 58.3% of participants (n = 21) could independently practice the TCTB or Tai Chi exercise motions at the end of the learning stage. There were no missing data except for the nine participants who withdrew during the intervention. No adverse events or effects were reported, and all participants were satisfied with the 12-week exercise intervention. Results support the feasibility of a large-scale randomized controlled trial to explore the efficacy of a TCTB program for improving health in older sedentary office workers. |
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