Elderly people Older adults Upper Limbs Mindfulness
Conditions
Interventions
Participants received 1) body scan of the non-dominant upper limb for 10 minutes, 2) sitting meditation for 10 minutes, and 3) mindful-movement of the non-dominant upper limb for 10 minutes. After bas
Experimental Behavioral,Active Comparator Behavioral
Mindfulness movement therapy programme,Active control group
Sponsors
Research Fund of Faculty of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
55 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Their scores on the Thai version of the mini-mental state examination needed to be more than 14 for those who did not study, 17 for those who studied in primary school, and 22 for those who studied at levels beyond primary school
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Any other neurological illness such as Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, or stroke, shoulder pain or frozen shoulder, take any drug that might lower seizure threshold including of standard antiepileptic drugs such as phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone, carbamazepine, valproate and new antiepileptic drug such as lamotrigine, felbamate, gabapentin, tiagabine, vigabatrin, oxcarbazepine, fosphenytoin
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Upper limb function 8 weeks Jebsen Hand Function Test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mindfulness 8 weeks Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale Thai version | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public Contactweeranan yaemrattanakul
Prince of Songkla University
Outcome results
None listed