Three-month Chan-Chung Qigong Improves Physical Function Performance and Quality of Life

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Completed

• Conditions: Physical Endurance; Exercise Training; Grip; Cognitive Decline; Cognitive Aging; Cognitive Dysfunction
• Interventions: Procedure: Chan-Chuang qigong

• Registration Number: NCT04904991
• Lead Sponsor: Tri-Service General Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study aimed to evaluate the effect of the three-month Chan-Chung qigong program in improving physical functional performance and quality of life in patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairments.A quasi-experimental design was adopted. Subjects were recruited from cognitive impairments outpatients these subjects,41were assigned to the control group and 41 to the experimental group in which Chan-Chuang qigong was administered.

Detailed Description

This study randomized controlled trial with four repeated measurements was conducted between Apply 2016 and October 2017. Participants in the Qigong group were given a structured program about Chan-Chung qigong for 3 months; those in the control group received usual care for cognitive impairment during the same study period. The intervention effects were measured by muscular strength, muscular endurance, and 6-min walk distance at baseline, Month 1, Month 2, and Month 3. In addition, QoL was measured at baseline and Month 3.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08-30
• Primary Completion: 2017-11-04
• Study Completion: 2017-12-30
• Study First Submitted: 2020-12-13
• Status Verified: 2021-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-05-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-05-23
• Study First Posted: 2021-05-27
• Last Update Posted: 2021-05-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 92

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants invited in this study were aged more than 60 years, diagnosed with the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) ≦1, able to communicate, free to stand and walk, and willing to participate this study.

Exclusion Criteria

• The exclusion criteria were as followings: use of hormone drugs, brain trauma, head surgery, vitamin B12 deficiency, decreased memory and judgment due to hypothyroidism or malnutrition with medical contraindications for exercise, and practicing qigong or exercise regularly.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Qigong group	Chan-Chuang qigong	Participants in the Qigong group were given a structured program about Chan-Chung qigong for 3 months which was a modified form of the manual of Chan-Chuang qigong (Yeh et al., 2006), to tailor to patients with cognitive impairment. The Chan-Chuang qigong program included warmup prior to qigong practice, preparation for qigong practice . The movements should be repeated and maintained for 10 minutes per time, 3 time a day .

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The findings of this study indicate Chan-Chuang qigong improved physical function performance with cognitive impairment.	3 months	this study considered the influences of cognition status and changes. After the intervention measures were implemented, the Qigong group had significant differences in physiological function, muscle endurance, and cardiopulmonary fitness compared with the control group.
There was no significant between-group difference in the physical and mental components at baseline.	3 months	However, a significant between-group difference was in the physical , not mental, component on Month 3. In addition, no significant within-group difference in either Qigong or control group