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Study of Tai Chi Exercise and Balance in Persons With Parkinson's Disease

NCT00611481 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 195

Last updated 2011-10-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients practicing Tai Chi will exhibit significant improvements in primary outcome measures of balance, and secondary outcomes of gait, physical performance, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, Falls, muscle strength.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi

a set of pre-designed Tai Chi Movements

BEHAVIORAL

Strength training

Lower-extremity strength training exercises

BEHAVIORAL

Low-Impact Exercise Control

a set of chair-based low-impact exercises

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

    collaborator NIH

  • Oregon Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fuzhong Li, Ph.D. · Oregon Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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