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Qigong Therapy for Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00104156 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2008-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Qigong therapy, an ancient Chinese practice, for pain relief and symptom improvement in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Study hypotheses: 1) Qigong therapy will result in greater reduction of pain and greater symptom improvement than sham treatment. 2) Individuals with a history of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use will be more likely to experience benefits of Qigong therapy than those without such experience.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

External Qigong therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin W. Chen, PhD MPH · Division of Addiction Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • Leonard Sigal, MD · Rheumatology Department - Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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