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Tai Chi Mind-Body Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00362453 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-04-23

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the safety and effectiveness of Tai Chi with an Attention Control intervention consisting of a stretching and wellness education program involving 40 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. We hypothesized that the participants receiving Tai Chi would show greater improvement in knee pain, physical and psychological functioning, and health-related quality of life than participants in the Attention Control group, and that the benefit would be mediated by effects on muscle function, musculoskeletal flexibility and mental health.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi versus Attention Control

60 minutes, twice a week for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Tufts Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc · Tufts Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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