ArticleJMIR aging2021
Adapting Chinese Qigong Mind-Body Exercise for Healthy Aging in Older Community-Dwelling Low-income Latino Adults: Pilot Feasibility Study.
Article in JMIR aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04284137 (Function Improvement Exercises for Older Sedentary Community-dwelling Latino Residents), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Function Improvement Exercises for Older Sedentary Community-dwelling Latino Residents (FE-SaLiR)
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of traditional mind-body exercises on pulmonary function, exercise capacity, and quality of life in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of digitalized traditional Chinese exercises on the physical and mental health and quality of life of older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness and acceptability of physical activity interventions amongst older adults with lower socioeconomic status: a mixed methods systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
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- Health Qigong engagement scale and wellbeing in Chinese older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Development of core outcome set for healthy aging treatment in primary care settings.Integrative medicine research · 2025Article
- Technology-Assisted Physical Activity Interventions for Older People in Their Home-Based Environment: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Humanistic and Holistic Strategies for Combating Mental Health Sequelae in the Elderly During the Post-COVID Era.Annals of neurosciences · 2024Review
- Examining the Delivery of a Tailored Chinese Mind-Body Exercise to Low-Income Community-Dwelling Older Latino Individuals for Healthy Aging: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch translating the evidence for the benefit of mind-body exercise in older Latinos with limited access to community-based healthy aging programs is sparse.
objectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of Function Improvement Exercises for Older Sedentary Community-Dwelling Latino Residents (FITxOlder), a Community Health Worker (CHW)-led, mobile technology-facilitated Chinese Qigong mind-body exercise program for healthy aging and to explore its impact on physical and cognitive function and quality of life (QoL) in older community-dwelling low-income Latino adults.
methodsThis study was designed as a Stage 1 feasibility study to develop and pilot-test FITxOlder. In Phase 1 (Stage 1A), a working group of seniors, CHWs, and senior center staff guided the adaptation of Chinese Qigong into a healthy aging program. In Phase 2 (Stage 1B), 49 older Latino adults participated in a 3-arm controlled study to test the feasibility and preliminary effect of CHW-led FITxOlder on physical and cognitive function and QoL measures over 16 weeks.
resultsAlthough the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the implementation of the study protocol, we found favorable results regarding participant recruitment, retention, and fidelity of implementation. Notable findings included an 89.3% participant retention, 79.4% of the participants completed at least 70% of the weekly exercise goal, and no report of adverse events. The effects on intervention outcome measures were modest.
conclusionsFITxOlder is feasible for promoting healthy aging in older Latino adults; future research needs to compare its feasibility with other low-impact exercise programs for healthy aging using a randomized controlled trial.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04284137; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04284137.
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