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CompletedNCT01687023Updated Oct 18, 2018

A Wearable System to Monitor Tai Chi Practice

An observational study in Healthy, sponsored by Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-18.

Sponsored by Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
24
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this research study is to show that features derived from data gathered using SHIMMER wearable sensor platform can capture adherence and proficiency in the performance of exercises that are part of Tai Chi interventions.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy

Keywords

  • Tai Chi
  • Wearable sensors
  • Movement
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In context

Lead sponsor

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is the lead sponsor of 114 studies on the registry; 26 are open to participants now.

Of its 19 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 17 (89%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Healthy Tai Chi practitioners in a wide range of proficiency

Inclusion criteria

  • Young style Tai Chi practitioners

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any movement impairment that will impede Tai Chi movements performance
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
24 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • Tai Chi

    Healthy Tai Chi practitioners

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Biomarkers of adherence and proficiency

    Data gathered using SHIMMER devices will be segmented to derive signal features. These features will be then used to feed a pattern recognition algorithm the output of which indicates whether a specific Tai Chi movement of interest has been performed.

    Time frame: 1 day

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Study locations

1 site
  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston
    Boston, Massachusetts 02129, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 18, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01687023
Lead sponsor
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Collaborators
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Responsible party
Paolo Bonato (Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 18, 2012
Start date
Jul 2011
Primary completion
May 2016
Completion
May 2016
Last update
Oct 18, 2018

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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