Baduanjin Exercise on Cardiac Surgery
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Tzu Chi University
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- 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
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Factorial
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Arms & Interventions
Arm A: usual care
routine usual care
Intervention: usual care (Other)
Arm B: walk
walk 30mins per day, 5 days per week.
Intervention: Walk 30mins (Behavioral)
Arm C: Baduanjin
Baduanjin 12 mins per day, 5 days per week.
Intervention: Baduanjin (Behavioral)
Arm D: Baduanjin plus walk
walk 30mins then Baduanjin 12 mins per day, 5 days per week.
Intervention: Walk plus Baduanjin (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Chun Hou Huang
Assistance Professor
Tzu Chi University