20
Participants
Start Date
May 6, 2020
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2021
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2021
Therapeutic elastic band resistance training
A16-week therapeutic program using Elastic Thera Band will be taught. The exercises are designed to train specific major muscle groups, strengthen the motivation of participants, and facilitate home-based compliance. The program will be performed two times per week (once supervised and guided by a trained physical therapist and the other supervised by educational trainers) over 16 weeks for a total of 32 sessions. Each session supervised by a physical therapist last for 60 minutes, including a 5-minute warm-up consisting of light-intensity aerobic and dynamic stretching exercises, followed by 50 minutes of EB exercise and a 5-minute period of cool-down and static stretching exercises.
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
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