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Effect of Tai Chi on Osteoarthritic Knee Pain in Elders With Mild Dementia

NCT01528566 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2012-02-08

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Summary

This is the first study to test the effect of Tai Chi on pain from knee osteoarthritis in community-dwelling elders with mild cognitive impairment. If Tai Chi is effective in reducing pain, clinicians can use it routinely with this population; then elders can maintain their functional ability longer, and perhaps delay or prevent long-term care admission, and the investigators can save health care dollars.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi

The experimental group received three sessions of Sun Tai Chi (TC) a week for 20 weeks (20-to-40 minute exercise plus a 5-minute rest per session). Sun TC includes 6 basic and 6 advanced forms designed for all ages with arthritis seeking a joint-safe exercise routine.

BEHAVIORAL

Attention control

The attention control group participated in health education, culture related activities and other activities for a total of 20 weeks. The attention control protocol was standardized in terms of teaching content, materials and duration. The length and frequency of the activities carried out in this group closely matched those in the TC group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Arkansas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pao-Feng Tsai, PhD · University of Arkansas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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