Meridian Cuffing Exercises Improved Functional Fitness and Cardiopulmonary Functioning of Community Older Adults
| Autor: | Kuei-Min Chen, Chi-Chieh Lai, Han-Ya Tsai, Hsiao-Ting Tung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Functional training Health Status Intervention group Meridians law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Medicine Humans Single-Blind Method 030212 general & internal medicine Exercise General Nursing Aged 030504 nursing business.industry Cardiopulmonary function Regimen Meridian (perimetry visual field) Functional Status Cardiorespiratory Fitness Physical therapy Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nursing research. 29(1) |
| ISSN: | 1552-3799 |
| Popis: | This study was aimed to test the effects of a meridian cuffing exercise, the Healthy Beat Acupunch (HBA) regimen, on the functional fitness and cardiopulmonary functioning of community older adults. A single-blind, cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted. We randomly allocated eight community care centers to the intervention or control group and recruited 228 participants who completed the study (intervention: four centers, n = 111; control: four centers, n = 117). The intervention group underwent a 40-min session of HBA regimen 3 times per week for 6 months. Functional fitness and cardiopulmonary functioning were assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months of the intervention. The intervention group demonstrated significantly greater improvements in functional fitness and cardiopulmonary functioning than the control group between baseline and either 3 months or 6 months. We suggest that activities designed to promote health among community older adults include acupunch exercises. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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