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Qigong and Social Isolation: Mental Health Benefits

NCT05081297 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2022-02-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of the study is to understand if Qigong may be useful in controlling the psychological state of participants in relative social isolation (during Covid-19 governmental imposed isolation procedures) The sessions are conducted live by the internet by a professional instructor-therapist with the duration of 2 months and a regular minimum of 2 sessions a week.

Conditions

  • Mental Health Wellness 1

Interventions

OTHER

Qigong

Qigong as a traditional chinese medicine technique, composed of several types of exercises: Baduanjin, taijiquan, yijinjing, baojiangong.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade do Porto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jorge Machado, PhD · ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar

  • Lara Lopes, MSc · ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar

  • Jorge M Rodrigues, BSc · ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-02
Primary Completion
2020-10-30
Completion
2020-10-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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