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Trial reportGeriatrics & gerontology international2023

Adherence, safety and potential effectiveness of a home-based Radio-Taiso exercise program in older adults with frailty: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Yosuke Osuka, Hiroyuki Sasai, Narumi Kojima, Masamitsu Sugie, Keiko Motokawa, Kazushi Maruo, Risa Ono, Toshihiko Aoyama, Shigeru Inoue, Hunkyung Kim

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yosuke OsukaResearch Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-1961
Hiroyuki SasaiResearch Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Japan.
Narumi KojimaResearch Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5742-0389
Masamitsu SugieDepartment of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9684-7713
Keiko MotokawaResearch Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Japan.
Kazushi MaruoDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Risa OnoJapan Radio-Taiso Federation, Chiyoda-ku, Japan.
Toshihiko AoyamaJapan Radio-Taiso Federation, Chiyoda-ku, Japan.
Shigeru InoueDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjyuku-ku, Japan.
Hunkyung KimResearch Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-5477
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology · JPJapan Broadcasting Corporation (Japan) · JPTokyo Medical University · JPTokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd.Nakatomi Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimRadio-Taiso, a traditional exercise program in Japan, may serve as a coping strategy for older adults with frailty during the COVID-19 pandemic. This phase II trial tested program adherence and safety and explored the potential effectiveness of a home-based Radio-Taiso.

methodsThis assessor-blind parallel randomized controlled trial included community-dwelling Jolder Japanese adults with frailty and pre-frailty. Fifty-eight eligible participants were randomly allocated to intervention and control groups. Intervention participants performed 3-5-min sessions of Radio-Taiso one to four times per day for 12 weeks. Feasibility criteria were set at practice and retention rates of ≥75%. Safety was monitored by assessing all adverse events reported by participants during the intervention period, irrespective of causality. Potential effectiveness was exploratorily assessed using items that allow clinical interpretation of changes: mobility and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), assessed using the modified short physical performance battery (SPPB) and the SF-36, respectively.

resultsBoth practice (83%) and retention rates (100%) met the predetermined feasibility criteria. Eleven adverse events were reported but were supposedly unrelated to the intervention. In the intention-to-treat analysis, there was no clinically significant difference in the change in SPPB score between groups (-0.4 points, 95% confidence interval [CI], -1.2, 0.3); however, the intervention group scored higher in the mental component of HR-QoL than did the control group (3.4 points, 95% CI: -1.1, 7.8).

conclusionsThe preliminary data indicate that a phase III trial is feasible, focusing on the mental aspect of HR-QoL as the primary outcome. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2023; 23: 32-37.

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COVID-19FrailtyAgedExercise TherapyHumansPandemicsPilot ProjectsQuality of Lifeexercisefeasibility studyfrailtyrandomized controlled trialsafety

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