The Effects of Baduanjin Exercise on Meridian Energy and Heart Rate Variability in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Sugery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Open Heart Surgery
• Interventions: Other: usual care; Behavioral: Baduanjin; Behavioral: Walk plus Baduanjin; Behavioral: Walk 30mins

• Registration Number: NCT04670367
• Lead Sponsor: Tzu Chi University

Brief Summary

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) consists of supervised exercise training in conjunction with other secondary prevention interventions. However, CR is not widely used because of distance, financial resources, work and other time constraints, gender, age, social support, illness perceptions, and psychiatric problems. Baduanjin is a type of movement-based mind-body intervention. It is a form of traditional practice designed to promote physical and psychological health, manage symptoms, and relieve stress during illness. Patients with heart disease have frequently used it. The impacts of a Baduanjin exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program for patients recovering from CAD under coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or valve replacement on Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD100, Med- Pex Enterprises, Taichung, Taiwan) and heart rate variability (HRV) has yet to be assessed. This trial evaluates whether the Baduanjin exercise would provide effective meridian energy and HRV in patients following CABG.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-11-26
• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-29
• Status Verified: 2020-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-12-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-12-15
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-12-17
• Primary Completion: 2021-05-27
• Study Completion: 2022-11-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• 25-70 age range
• Undergoing open heart surgery
• Hemodynamically stable
• Ambulatory
• No advanced vision defect
• The physician authorized by the operating physician for participation in the exercise
• Patients who agreed to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• The presence of pulmonary, neurological, musculoskeletal disease limiting participation in exercise training
• Patients at high risk (ejection fraction below 40 percent)
• Dissectant aneurysm
• Patients who cannot be cooperative in verbal and / or auditory terms
• Psychological and / or perceptual cooperative patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm A: usual care	usual care	routine usual care
Arm C: Baduanjin	Baduanjin	Baduanjin 12 mins per day, 5 days per week.
Arm D: Baduanjin plus walk	Walk plus Baduanjin	walk 30mins then Baduanjin 12 mins per day, 5 days per week.
Arm B: walk	Walk 30mins	walk 30mins per day, 5 days per week.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The change of 24 points skin electric conductance over bilateral wrist and foot in patients undergoing open-heart surgery as assessed using M.E.A.D (Meridian Energy Analysis Device)： 2 weeks	2 weeks	The electrical conductance of the acupuncture points of human subject can be measured by a computerized testing instrument with a very low electrical current.Ryodoraku theory has been shown to be a supplementary diagnostic method for selective diseases and a useful parameter for evaluating therapeutic effects of acupuncture. The electrical conductance of an acupoint was measured using a Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD100, Med- Pex Enterprises, Taichung, Taiwan) operating at DC 12V and 0 to 200A. The method and procedure of the MEAD is based on the Ryodoraku theory and is similar to equipment used in previous studies.
The change of 24 points skin electric conductance over bilateral wrist and foot in patients undergoing open-heart surgery as assessed using M.E.A.D (Meridian Energy Analysis Device)：Baseline	Baseline	The electrical conductance of the acupuncture points of human subject can be measured by a computerized testing instrument with a very low electrical current.Ryodoraku theory has been shown to be a supplementary diagnostic method for selective diseases and a useful parameter for evaluating therapeutic effects of acupuncture. The electrical conductance of an acupoint was measured using a Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD100, Med- Pex Enterprises, Taichung, Taiwan) operating at DC 12V and 0 to 200A. The method and procedure of the MEAD is based on the Ryodoraku theory and is similar to equipment used in previous studies.
The change of 24 points skin electric conductance over bilateral wrist and foot in patients undergoing open-heart surgery as assessed using M.E.A.D (Meridian Energy Analysis Device)： 4 weeks	4 weeks	The electrical conductance of the acupuncture points of human subject can be measured by a computerized testing instrument with a very low electrical current.Ryodoraku theory has been shown to be a supplementary diagnostic method for selective diseases and a useful parameter for evaluating therapeutic effects of acupuncture. The electrical conductance of an acupoint was measured using a Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD100, Med- Pex Enterprises, Taichung, Taiwan) operating at DC 12V and 0 to 200A. The method and procedure of the MEAD is based on the Ryodoraku theory and is similar to equipment used in previous studies.
The change of 24 points skin electric conductance over bilateral wrist and foot in patients undergoing open-heart surgery as assessed using M.E.A.D (Meridian Energy Analysis Device)： 16 weeks	16 weeks	The electrical conductance of the acupuncture points of human subject can be measured by a computerized testing instrument with a very low electrical current.Ryodoraku theory has been shown to be a supplementary diagnostic method for selective diseases and a useful parameter for evaluating therapeutic effects of acupuncture. The electrical conductance of an acupoint was measured using a Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD100, Med- Pex Enterprises, Taichung, Taiwan) operating at DC 12V and 0 to 200A. The method and procedure of the MEAD is based on the Ryodoraku theory and is similar to equipment used in previous studies.
The change of 24 points skin electric conductance over bilateral wrist and foot in patients undergoing open-heart surgery as assessed using M.E.A.D (Meridian Energy Analysis Device)： 12 weeks	12 weeks	The electrical conductance of the acupuncture points of human subject can be measured by a computerized testing instrument with a very low electrical current.Ryodoraku theory has been shown to be a supplementary diagnostic method for selective diseases and a useful parameter for evaluating therapeutic effects of acupuncture. The electrical conductance of an acupoint was measured using a Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD100, Med- Pex Enterprises, Taichung, Taiwan) operating at DC 12V and 0 to 200A. The method and procedure of the MEAD is based on the Ryodoraku theory and is similar to equipment used in previous studies.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tzu Chi University; 🇨🇳 Hualien City, Taiwan