Meridian Cuffing Exercises Improved Functional Fitness and Cardiopulmonary Functioning of Community Older Adults

Hsiao-Ting Tung, Chi-Chieh Lai, Kuei-Min Chen and Han-Ya Tsai

Clinical Nursing Research, 2020, vol. 29, issue 1, 37-47

Abstract: This study was aimed to test the effects of a meridian cuffing exercise, the Healthy Beat Acupunch (HBA) regimen, on the functional fitness and cardiopulmonary functioning of community older adults. A single-blind, cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted. We randomly allocated eight community care centers to the intervention or control group and recruited 228 participants who completed the study (intervention: four centers, n = 111; control: four centers, n = 117). The intervention group underwent a 40-min session of HBA regimen 3 times per week for 6 months. Functional fitness and cardiopulmonary functioning were assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months of the intervention. The intervention group demonstrated significantly greater improvements in functional fitness and cardiopulmonary functioning than the control group between baseline and either 3 months or 6 months. We suggest that activities designed to promote health among community older adults include acupunch exercises.

Keywords: cardiopulmonary function; cluster randomized controlled trial; functional fitness; meridian cuffing; older adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773818768021

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