U.S., April 14 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07524361) titled 'Taekwondo Program for Preventing Falls in Older Adults' on Feb. 23.
Brief Summary: Falls in older adults are a public health crisis, as 30% of older adults fall each year, with a mortality rate of 78%.1 Fall-related healthcare costs are over 50 billion dollars.1 Therefore, preventing older adults from falling is important in both individual and public health aspects by increasing their quality of life and reducing healthcare costs. However, the current fall-prevention exercise programs have a limitation in maintaining exercise adherence behaviors or increasing physical activities once the intervention is completed.2 The theory-base...