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A Wearable System to Monitor Tai Chi Practice

Sponsor
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01687023
Collaborator
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (NIH)
24
Enrollment
1
Location
58
Duration (Months)
0.4
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The goal of this research study is to show that features derived from data gathered using SHIMMER wearable sensor platform can capture adherence and proficiency in the performance of exercises that are part of Tai Chi interventions.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Actual Enrollment :
    24 participants
    Observational Model:
    Cohort
    Time Perspective:
    Cross-Sectional
    Official Title:
    A Wearable System to Monitor Tai Chi Practice
    Study Start Date :
    Jul 1, 2011
    Actual Primary Completion Date :
    May 1, 2016
    Actual Study Completion Date :
    May 1, 2016

    Arms and Interventions

    Arm Intervention/Treatment
    Tai Chi

    Healthy Tai Chi practitioners

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Biomarkers of adherence and proficiency [1 day]

      Data gathered using SHIMMER devices will be segmented to derive signal features. These features will be then used to feed a pattern recognition algorithm the output of which indicates whether a specific Tai Chi movement of interest has been performed.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Young style Tai Chi practitioners
    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Any movement impairment that will impede Tai Chi movements performance

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston Boston Massachusetts United States 02129

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Investigators

    None specified.

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Paolo Bonato, Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01687023
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 2011-P-001597
    First Posted:
    Sep 18, 2012
    Last Update Posted:
    Oct 18, 2018
    Last Verified:
    Oct 1, 2018
    Keywords provided by Paolo Bonato, Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    Tai Chi
    Wearable sensors
    Movement

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Oct 18, 2018