Effects of Taichi Exercises on Cardiorespiratory Fittness

NCT06673758 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: REC/RCR & AHS/24/0712
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Effects of tai chi exercises on cardiorespiratory fitness among scchool going childern. sample size is 30 .divided two groups into 15 15 members one group is giving hand and art crafts activity other is giving tai chi basics level exercises then check and compare cardiorespiratory fitness by time up and go test and 6 minutes walk test. compare the results.

Conditions

Child, Only

Keywords

cardiorespiratory fitness,exercise ,pediatrics,tai chi.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 6 minute walk test

  6 minutes walk test is use for diagnosis of cardiorespiratory fitness after tai chi and art andcrafts activity

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• time up and go test

  2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

experimental group given tai chi exercises on three levels of two weeks sessions of total 10 session in five days of each week.

Other: tai chi exercises

control group

OTHER

15 participants are given art and crafts activity of two weeks

Other: Art and crafts activity

Interventions

tai chi exercises OTHER

tai chi exercises of three basic levels will be given with sessions of two weeks five time a day and follow efftects of tai chi exercises by 6minute walk test and time up and go test and check the results before and after exercises

Also known as: art and crafts activity

experimental group

Art and crafts activity OTHER

Art and crafts activity will be given to control group and check cardiorespiratory fitness before and after arts and crafts activity

control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• childerns with 10 to 14 years
• childerns with normal weight less than 30kg/m2

You may not qualify if:

• Childerns with any cardiorespiratory issues
• Childerns who have gone through CVA,hemophilia, dystrophy and conditions which impact cardiorespiratory status

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Riphah International University: lead
• Sponsor GmbH: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Riphah international university

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

Location

Imran Amjad

Lahore, Punjab Province, 5400, Pakistan

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Wang Y, Tian J, Yang Q. Tai Chi exercise improves working memory capacity and emotion regulation ability. Front Psychol. 2023 Feb 17;14:1047544. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1047544. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 36874821 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Reproductive Techniques, Assisted

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Reproductive Techniques; Therapeutics; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Anum Saleem, MS*

  Ripah International university

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: participants will get seperate treatment protocols and possible efforts will be put to mask the both group about treatment
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: parallel assignment It will be randomized control trail in which non probality convienent sampling will b used.two groups of 10 to 14 years will be formed in which participants randomly diveded.group one receive art and crafts activity and other receive tai chi exercises of two weeks sessions

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 3, 2024
• First Posted: November 5, 2024
• Study Start: October 29, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 29, 2024
• Study Completion: January 15, 2025
• Last Updated: January 23, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (2)