{"type":"trials","record":{"id":45228,"source_id":"clinicaltrials-gov","external_id":"NCT06358170","title":"Effects of Circuit Training Combine With Square-Stepping Exercise, Strength Training and Balance Training on Senior Fitness and Fall Risk in Elderly in the Community","brief_summary":"According to the cause of death statistics compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2022, among the causes of death among the elderly, falls ranked second among the causes of death from accidental injuries over the age of 65. Exercise has been proven to prevent falls in many studies, especially Square-Stepping Exercise can not only train strength and balance, but also improve cognitive function and reduce the fear of falling in the elderly. Therefore, this study will use Square-Stepping Exercise as the core and circuit training as the structure to design a set of exercise training that combines muscle strength and balance and is easy to implement in the community. The purpose of the study is to determine whether exercise training that combines circuit training with block stepping, muscle strength, and balance exercises can reduce the risk of falls among elderly people in the community (primary results: muscle strength, flexibility, cardiorespiratory endurance, balance; secondary results: cognitive function, Fear of falling, fall rate). This study will collect participant in the community, and subjects will be randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group on a community basis. The experimental group will receive 12 weeks of exercise training, while the control group will follow their usual lifestyle, with 48 people in each group. The experimental design is exercise intervention for 12 weeks, twice a week, 90 minutes each time (30 minutes of main exercise). The exercise is designed into two stages according to the difficulty of Square-Stepping Exercise. The training of muscle strength and dynamic/static balance will also gradually increase in difficulty over the weeks. The research look forward to seeing the effects of multi-component exercise on physical fitness, cognitive function, fear of falling and fall rate.","overall_status":"Unknown","phases":[],"study_type":"INTERVENTIONAL","sponsor":"Hsin-ching, Tsai","enrollment":126,"countries":["Taiwan"],"start_date":"2024-03-01","completion_date":"2024-07-01","last_update_date":"2024-04-10","source_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06358170","editorial_summary":"A registered study indexed because it matched monitored longevity research terms. Registry status: Unknown. Registration does not establish safety or effectiveness.","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T01:30:14.100152+00:00","last_seen_at":"2026-09-25T03:15:26.54+00:00","metadata":{"acronym":"SSE","organization":"National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University","source_has_results":false},"controlled_terms":["Circuit-Based Exercise","Exercise Test","Community Health Nursing","Aged","Physical Fitness","Circuit Training Combine with Square-Stepping Exercise"],"relevance_confidence":80,"source_quality_score":100,"freshness_score":65,"publication_state":"published","match_explanation":"Title contains controlled term: strength training.","quality_checked_at":"2026-09-25T03:15:35.13451+00:00","duplicate_cluster_key":"id:nct06358170","duplicate_of_id":null,"evidence_snapshot":{"status":"structured","version":1,"duration":"2024-03-01 to 2024-07-01","comparator":null,"confidence":"structured-source","population":null,"provenance":{"duration":"start_date and completion_date","comparator":"registry arm fields","population":"registry eligibility fields","intervention":"registry intervention fields","participants":"enrollment","study_design":"study_type and registry design fields","evidence_stage":"phases","reported_outcome":"not available","outcomes_measured":"registry outcome-measure fields"},"generated_at":"2026-09-25T03:38:00.457301+00:00","intervention":[],"participants":126,"study_design":"INTERVENTIONAL","subject_scope":"Human clinical study registration","evidence_stage":"Phase not reported","safety_context":"Eligibility, adverse-event details, and clinical decisions must be checked in the official registry and with qualified clinicians.","source_support":"Structured registry protocol metadata; no finding-level conclusion is generated.","main_limitation":"This is a study registration. No reusable structured result is available here, so it cannot show whether the intervention worked or was safe.","reported_outcome":null,"outcomes_measured":[],"regulatory_context":"Trial registration is not regulatory approval and does not establish that an intervention is available."},"clinical_trial_topics":[{"topic_slug":"resistance-training","is_published":true,"match_reasons":["Title contains controlled term: strength training.","Title supplies longevity context: elderly.","Study type is explicitly identified as INTERVENTIONAL."],"matched_fields":["title","title context","study type"],"relevance_score":80,"intelligence_topics":{"name":"Resistance training","slug":"resistance-training"}}],"content_sources":{"name":"ClinicalTrials.gov","homepage_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/"}},"canonical_url":"https://www.immortal.life/trials/45228","automation_disclosure":"Generated automatically from cited source metadata. No scientist, clinician, researcher, editor, or human reviewer evaluates this publication before release."}