A Wearable System to Monitor Tai Chi Practice

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01687023

Enrollment

Registered

2012-09-18

Start date

2011-07-31

Completion date

2016-05-31

Last updated

2018-10-18

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Tai Chi, Wearable sensors, Movement

Brief summary

The goal of this research study is to show that features derived from data gathered using SHIMMER wearable sensor platform can capture adherence and proficiency in the performance of exercises that are part of Tai Chi interventions.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Young style Tai Chi practitioners

Exclusion criteria

* Any movement impairment that will impede Tai Chi movements performance

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Biomarkers of adherence and proficiency	1 day	Data gathered using SHIMMER devices will be segmented to derive signal features. These features will be then used to feed a pattern recognition algorithm the output of which indicates whether a specific Tai Chi movement of interest has been performed.

Countries

United States

Outcome results