Benefits of Cycling Wheelchair Training for Elderly With Physical Disability

• Sponsor: Taichung Veterans General Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT05487898
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 41
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 3
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 13.7

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

To investigate the feasibility of cycling wheelchair training as an exercise for elderly disabled patients, and to determine its effects on cognition, quality of life, aerobic capacity and physiological markers. We measure SF-12. Other outcome measures included the Mini-Mental State Examination, Aero bike workload test, resting blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), and heart rate.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Aged; Disable; Exercise; Rehabilitation; Wheelchair	Device: Cycling wheelchair	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 41 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Benefits of Cycling Wheelchair Training for Elderly With Physical Disability
• Actual Study Start Date: Oct 1, 2021
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Dec 31, 2021
• Actual Study Completion Date: Dec 31, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Cycyling wheelchair Volunteers join the cycling wheelchair training	Device: Cycling wheelchair; Apply the mechanical principle of pedaling on a bicycle to a conventional wheelchair

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. SF-12 [one month]

   Quality of life

2. MMSE questionnaire [one month]

   Cognitive function

3. Cycling ergometer [one month]

   Aerobic capacity

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 Years to 100 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age >65 years old

2. with a functional ambulation category scale (FAC) level 4 or below

3. muscle strength of both lower limbs was >3 as the , or the muscle strength of one lower limb was 4 or above, as rated by the Medical Research Council Scale (MRC).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. hospitalized for acute medical problems within the past 3 months

2. having cardiopulmonary disease that could cause exercise hazards

3. unable to perform repetitive pedaling exercise due to diseases of the lower limbs

4. with pressure ulcers around hip area

5. with impaired cognitive function that did not allow completion of our questionnaires.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Taichung Veterans General Hospital	Taichung		Taiwan

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Taichung Veterans General Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05487898
• Other Study ID Numbers: CE22294A
• First Posted: Aug 4, 2022
• Last Update Posted: Aug 4, 2022
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 4, 2022