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Qigong vs. Aerobic Exercise in the Treatment of Childhood Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

NCT00312234 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2013-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is comparing two different exercise programs, Qi Gong (gentle stretching, and breathing) with an aerobics program (boxing and dancing) to see if children with chronic pain or fibromyalgia are able to take part in the program. We would also like to know if it is easy to take part in an exercise program.

We hypothesize that children with chronic musculoskeletal pain and FM, who engage in Qigong fitness training, will be more compliant, and have an equivalent or possibly superior improvement on measures of motor function (peak power, endurance, and metabolic efficiency) compared to children given an aerobic fitness exercise program.

Conditions

  • Muscular Disease
  • Fibromyalgia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic exercise

BEHAVIORAL

Qigong exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Feldman, MSc MD FRCPC · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

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

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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