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Medical Qigong for Mobility and Balance Self-Confidence

NCT04430751 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2020-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The population is aging and increasingly at risk for falls and fractures with substantial consequences to wellbeing, health and costs. Training interventions such as Tai Chi have been demonstrated to help reduce these risks. Tai chi is a subset of both martial and medical qi gong.

This is a prospective intervention study with wait time control that will examine the ability of a manualized medical qi gong training protocol improve balance, gait and health self-confidence.

The intervention is a 12 week manualized medical qi gong training program where students are taught a progressive series of 10 qi gong forms that are designed to build upon each other and restore balance and function. These forms involve both physical movement and visualization.

The Community Balance and Mobility scale (a performance based measure) and Activities-specified Balance Confidence scale (a survey)will be the prime outcome instruments

Conditions

  • Falls, Balance Self-confidence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Medical QiGong training

The study intervention consisted of a 12-week training program that introduced students to a progressive series of 10 QiGong "forms" that are designed to build upon each other to restore balance and function and to enhance well-being. These forms involve both physical movement and visualization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-16
Primary Completion
2018-08-15
Completion
2018-08-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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