Effects of a home-based Radio-Taiso exercise programme on health-related quality of life in older adults with frailty: protocol for an assessor-blind randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Few clinical trials have examined the effects of home-based exercise programmes on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in older adults with frailty. Radio-Taiso is the most famous exercise programme in Japan. A home-based Radio-Taiso exercise programme may serve as an accessible, scalable and sustainable care intervention for older adults with frailty. The primary aim of this trial is to test whether older adults with frailty who are prescribed our home-based Radio-Taiso exercise programme will receive greater benefits for HR-QoL compared with those who are not prescribed the exercise programme. Potential mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of the programme and the effects of the programme on daily lifestyle will also be investigated.

Methods and analysis

SUBMITTER: Osuka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature