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Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2019

Randomised Controlled Trial Of The Effect Of Tai Chi On Postural Balance Of People With Dementia.

Samuel R Nyman, Wendy Ingram, Jeanette Sanders, Peter W Thomas, Sarah Thomas, Michael Vassallo, James Raftery, Iram Bibi, Yolanda Barrado-Martín

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02864056 (A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Tai Chi Alongside Usual Care With Usual Care Alone on the Postural Balance of Community-dwelling People With Dementia), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02864056 nacompletednot on this map

A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Tai Chi Alongside Usual Care With Usual Care Alone on the Postural Balance of Community-dwelling People With Dementia

TypeinterventionalSponsorBournemouth UniversityRan2017 to 2018Enrolled172ConditionsDementia, Accidental FallsArmsTai Chi
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel R NymanDepartment of Psychology and Ageing & Dementia Research Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1963-0814
Wendy IngramPeninsula Clinical Trials Unit, Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0182-9462
Jeanette SandersPeninsula Clinical Trials Unit, Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6947-4592
Peter W ThomasBournemouth University Clinical Research Unit, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Lansdowne Campus, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3LT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2478-4324
Sarah ThomasBournemouth University Clinical Research Unit, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Lansdowne Campus, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3LT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9501-9091
Michael VassalloCentre of Postgraduate Medical Research and Education, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Lansdowne Campus, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3LT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3474-3713
James RafteryFaculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
Iram BibiDepartment of Psychology and Ageing & Dementia Research Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8696-9730
Yolanda Barrado-MartínDepartment of Psychology and Ageing & Dementia Research Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9912-6345
Bournemouth University · GBUniversity of Plymouth · GBUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

Department of Health CDF-2015-08-030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the effect of Tai Chi exercise on postural balance among people with dementia (PWD) and the feasibility of a definitive trial on falls prevention. PATIENTS AND

methodsDyads, comprising community-dwelling PWD and their informal carer (N=85), were randomised to usual care (n=43) or usual care plus weekly Tai Chi classes and home practice for 20 weeks (n=42). The primary outcome was the timed up and go test. All outcomes for PWD and their carers were assessed six months post-baseline, except for falls, which were collected prospectively over the six-month follow-up period.

resultsFor PWD, there was no significant difference at follow-up on the timed up and go test (mean difference [MD] = 0.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] = -2.17, 3.81). At follow-up, PWD in the Tai Chi group had significantly higher quality of life (MD = 0.051, 95% CI = 0.002, 0.100, standardised effect size [ES] = 0.51) and a significantly lower rate of falls (rate ratio = 0.35, 95% CI =0.15, 0.81), which was no longer significant when an outlier was removed. Carers in the Tai Chi group at follow-up were significantly worse on the timed up and go test (MD = 1.83, 95% CI = 0.12, 3.53, ES = 0.61). The remaining secondary outcomes were not significant. No serious adverse events were related to participation in Tai Chi.

conclusionWith refinement, this Tai Chi intervention has potential to reduce the incidence of falls and improve quality of life among community-dwelling PWD [Trial registration: NCT02864056].

Indexed as

DementiaIndependent LivingPostural BalanceTai JiAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overExerciseFemaleHumansMaleQuality of LifeTime and Motion Studiesaccidental fallsclinical trialcognitive impairmentexerciseintervention

Identifiers

PMID31819385
PMCPMC6875562
OpenAlexW2984336385

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