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The Gentle Cardiac Rehabilitation Study

NCT02165254 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2018-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop a tai-chi based exercise program designed for patients who recently had a heart attack and do not wish, or are unable, to attend traditional cardiac rehabilitation.

Conditions

  • Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PLUS

1 hour tai chi session 3 times a week (weeks 1-12), to twice a week (week 13-16), and every other week (week 17-26) for a total of 24 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

LITE

1 hour tai chi session 3 times a week (weeks 1-12)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • The Miriam Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, PhD, MD · The Miriam Hospital & Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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