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Tai Chi for Patients With Essential Hypertension

NCT04267471 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 234

Last updated 2020-02-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Several studies investigating Tai Chi for hypertension have been carried out. However, investigators found the results were in high heterogeneity and poor methodological quality. Thus, investigators intend to provide high quality of the effectiveness and safety of Tai Chi for essential hypertension.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese mind-body exercise, which combines deep-breath relaxation and gentle movements in sequence with meditation. Each session of Tai Chi will last 60 minutes, including a 10-minute warm-up, a 40-minute Tai Chi practice and a 10-minute cool-down.

BEHAVIORAL

Walking

Each session of walking will last 60 minutes, including a 10-minute warm-up, a 40-minute walking and a 10-minutes cool-down.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Youping Liu, PhD · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-30
Primary Completion
2022-09-30
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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