65
Participants
Start Date
December 4, 2014
Primary Completion Date
October 25, 2016
Study Completion Date
October 25, 2016
Cognitive-motor exergaming
Participants undergo 6 weeks of cognitive-motor exergaming using Wii-fit Nintendo. The 6 weeks included a total of 20 session distributed in the following manner: 5 sessions/week for 1-2 week, 3 session/week for 3-4 week, 2 sessions/week for 5-6 week. Each session lasted for about 90 minutes with rests included.
Conventional balance Training
Participants undergo 6 weeks of conventional exercise training. The 6 weeks included a total of 20 session distributed in the following manner: 5 sessions/week for 1-2 week, 3 session/week for 3-4 week, 2 sessions/week for 5-6 week. Each session lasted for about 90 minutes with rests included.
Dance Therapy for Stroke
"Participants will receive therapy using the Just Dance using the commercially available Kinect gaming system (Microsoft Inc, Redmond, WA, USA. Each song involves repetitive action for each dance step (at least 20 repetitions over the entire song) and visual cues on the screen (a stick figure at the bottom right) indicating the upcoming dance step. Participant's playing the game to reduce risk of exercise related adverse effects. Participants will dance on 10 songs starting from a slow-pace progressing to a medium pace (each max 5 minutes long). Participants will receive 5 minutes rest after playing on each song. This will be conducted by two physical therapists."
Dance Therapy for Older adults
"Participants will receive therapy using the Just Dance using the commercially available Kinect gaming system (Microsoft Inc, Redmond, WA, USA. Each song involves repetitive action for each dance step (at least 20 repetitions over the entire song) and visual cues on the screen (a stick figure at the bottom right) indicating the upcoming dance step. Participant's playing the game to reduce risk of exercise related adverse effects. Participants will dance on 10 songs starting from a slow-pace progressing to a medium pace (each max 5 minutes long). Participants will receive 5 minutes rest after playing on each song. This will be conducted by two therapists."
Home education for Older adults
Participants will receive a one-hour education on conventional physical exercises.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIH
University of Illinois at Chicago
OTHER