Tai Chi Exercise on Balance and Awereeness

NCT03901677 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KA19/10
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Tai chi exercises on balance and body awareness in younger adults. Forty-two healthy subjects between the ages of 18-25 who do not have any restriction to exercise participate in our study. After recording the sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects, static and dynamic balance and body awareness will be evaluated. Kinesthetic Ability Trainer will be used to assess static and dynamic balance and body awareness will be evulated with Body Awareness Questionnaire. All assessments will be done before and 12 weeks after the tai chi exercise. Tai-chi training will be performed as a group exercise. Duration for tai chi exercise will be 60 minutes for 2 days per week totally 12 weeks.

Conditions

Young Adult

Keywords

exercise; Awareness; posture

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Body Awareness Questionnaire

  Body awareness will be evaluated with Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ). It is a questionnaire composed of 4 subgroups (changes in the body process, sleep-wake cycle, estimation of the onset of the disease, estimation of the body reactions) and a total of 18 expressions to determine the normal or non-normal sensitivity level of the body composition. Subjects assess each item from 1 to 7. Higher scores on the BAQ indicates higher awareness.

  12 week

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Balance Test

  12 week

Study Arms (1)

Tai-chi training

EXPERIMENTAL

Tai-chi training performe as a group exercise. Duration for tai chi exercise will be 60 minutes for 2 days per week for 12 weeks. Each session includes 10 min warm-up and cool-down and 40 min Tai Chi exercises. During exercises, attention paid to correct positioning of the upper and lower extremity joints, and mentally concentration achieve. Slow and controlled movements will carry out by a specialized physiotherapist.

Other: Tai-chi training

Interventions

Tai-chi training OTHER

Group exercise apply with physiotherapist

Tai-chi training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects between the ages of 18-25,
• Subjects who had lack of disease.

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects with neurological symptoms,
• Subjects with orthopedic problems,
• Subjects with heart failure,
• Subjects with respiratory distress.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Baskent University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Baskent University

Ankara, 06790, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• ayca tigli, Phd

  Baskent University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: All assessments done by masked therapist to avoid bias who have no idea about intervention before and 12 weeks after the tai chi exercise.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 2, 2019
• First Posted: April 3, 2019
• Study Start: January 8, 2019
• Primary Completion: April 2, 2019
• Study Completion: May 2, 2019
• Last Updated: April 30, 2020

Record last verified: 2019-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)