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Eight Brocades (Ba Duan Jin) for Treating Patients With Fibromyalgia

NCT02401386 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2018-01-23

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Summary

In this randomized, usual therapy-controlled study, 62 patients with fibromyalgi (FM) were recruited with a ratio of 1:1. Trained and guided by Eight Brocades (EB) certified physicians, participant practiced EB one hour, twice a week for 12 weeks. Evaluation will be based on standard scales of pain, FM symptoms severity, degree of fatigue, depression, sleep quality and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Eight Brocades

Patients received closely supervised, group-format EB program and practiced EB revised by Chinese Medicine Master Zhi-zheng Lu for one hour, twice weekly for 12 weeksmovements, a review of principles, and breathing techniques in EB. Participants will be asked to practice EB at home for at least 16 minutes each day which is how long it takes to complete an EB exercise, using an instructional Digital Video Disc. The program will be taught by experienced EB masters.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission

    collaborator OTHER

  • Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Juan Jiao, M.D.,PhD · Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-02-28
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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