The SEKWONDO (SEniors do taeKWONDO) Study;Effects of Taekwondo training on aerobic capacity, balance, locomotion parameters, and cognitive speed in senior persons.

The SEKWONDO (SEniors do taeKWONDO) Study;Effects of Taekwondo training on aerobic capacity, balance, locomotion parameters, and cognitive speed in senior persons. - SEKWONDO STUDY

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON33200

Enrollment

Registered

2009-09-07

Start date

2009-09-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-11

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Conditions

gezonden ageing

Interventions

One year Taekwondo training, at least one hour a week.

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: healthy men and women beween 40 and 75 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ·· Psychiatric affliction (under current psychiatric treatment) · Disease of nervous system or locomotion that are expected to interfere with training · Use of oral anticoagulants · Negative judgment of any treating physician, program neurologist or cardiologist, after respective investigations, including the exercise ECG test

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To investigate whether a one year Taekwondo training one hour a week improves balance parameters in middle-aged, healthy persons.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To investigate whether a one year Taekwondo training one hour a week improves cardio-respiratory capacity , static and dynamic movement components, and some aspects of cognitive speed.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)