Huang Wan-Yun, Liou I-Hsiu, Chang Shin-Tsu, Lee Chao-Hsien, Du Yi-Chun, Cherng Rong-Ju
Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Front Public Health. 2025 Jun 11;13:1498606. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1498606. eCollection 2025.
The study aimed to examine and compare the effects on physical fitness between aerobic dance exercise using Kinect system and aerobic dance exercise using video in pre-frail community-dwelling older adults.
The study adopted an assessor-blinded experimental design. Sixty participants enrolled in the study. They were randomly assigned into an experimental group ( = 30) and control group ( = 30). The experimental group received aerobic dance exercise using Kinect system 30 mins/session, three sessions/week for 8 weeks. The control group received aerobic dance exercise program with video at home. Physical fitness, quality of life and exercise behavior regulation were assessed before, after the intervention (0-8 weeks) and at a 1-month follow-up (0-12 weeks).
Both the experimental and control groups showed improvement in 30 Second Chair Stand Test (30CST) and 6-minute walk tests (6MWT) at 0-8 weeks and at 0-12 weeks. But the experimental group presented significantly more improvement than control group at 0-8 weeks in 30CST and at 0-12 weeks in 6MWT. The experimental group also exhibited significant improvement in Quality-of-Life Questionnaire by World Health Organization scores at 0-8 and 0-12 weeks. A significant difference in Behavior Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 (BREQ-2) scores was also noted in the experimental group at 0-12 weeks ( < 0.008).
Both groups of participants improve their physical fitness, but the experimental group improve more in certain measures. Moreover, they also show significant improvement in quality of life, facilitate exercise behavior regulation and improve fitness enthusiasm. Thus, aerobic dance exercise using Kinect system is more effective than traditional training for pre-frail community-dwelling older adults.
https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/prs/beta/records, Identifier: NCT06216236.
本研究旨在检验并比较使用Kinect系统的有氧舞蹈运动和使用视频的有氧舞蹈运动对社区居住的体弱老年人身体素质的影响。
本研究采用评估者盲法实验设计。60名参与者纳入研究。他们被随机分为实验组（n = 30）和对照组（n = 30）。实验组接受使用Kinect系统的有氧舞蹈运动，每次30分钟，每周3次，共8周。对照组在家接受视频有氧舞蹈运动项目。在干预前、干预后（0 - 8周）和1个月随访（0 - 12周）时评估身体素质、生活质量和运动行为调节情况。
实验组和对照组在0 - 8周和0 - 12周时30秒坐立试验（30CST）和6分钟步行试验（6MWT）均有改善。但在0 - 8周时，实验组在30CST方面的改善显著高于对照组；在0 - 12周时，实验组在6MWT方面的改善显著高于对照组。实验组在0 - 8周和0 - 12周时世界卫生组织生活质量问卷得分也有显著改善。在0 - 12周时，实验组运动行为调节问卷 - 2（BREQ - 2）得分也有显著差异（P < 0.008）。
两组参与者的身体素质均有改善，但实验组在某些指标上改善更多。此外，他们在生活质量方面也有显著改善，促进了运动行为调节并提高了健身热情。因此，对于社区居住的体弱老年人，使用Kinect系统的有氧舞蹈运动比传统训练更有效。
https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/prs/beta/records，标识符：NCT06216236 。
