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Brain Connectivity and Response to Tai Chi in Geriatric Depression

NCT02460666 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2021-07-16

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects after up to 1 year of supervised weekly Tai-Chi-Chi versus Health Education and Wellness classes on reduction of depressive symptoms and improvement in resilience, health functioning, quality of life, cognition, sleep, fMRI neural correlates of working memory, and brain structure.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai-Chi-Chih (TCC)

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education and Wellness Classes (HEW)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Helen Lavretsky, M.D. · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2020-11-18
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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