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Shingles: Immune Effects of Tai Chi

NCT00118885 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2009-12-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effects of Tai Chi Chih versus Health Education on shingles immunity in older adults as measured by unstimulated and vaccine-stimulated responses. The secondary goal of the study is to determine the effects of Tai Chi Chih versus Health Education on measures of health functioning, depressive symptoms, and health behaviors in the elderly.

Conditions

  • Aging
  • Herpes Zoster

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi Chih

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Michael R. Irwin, MD · Norman Cousins Professor, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-07-31
Primary Completion
2004-12-31
Completion
2004-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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