Medical Qigong for Mobility and Balance Self-Confidence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Falls, Balance Self-confidence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Medical QiGong training

• Registration Number: NCT04430751
• Lead Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Brief 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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-03-16
• Primary Completion: 2018-08-15
• Study Completion: 2018-08-15
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-11
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 95

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults 50 years of age or older who presented at the two study locations (Massachusetts, Arizona) were considered eligible for participation

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to participate in informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
wait time control	Medical QiGong training	-
Immediate start	Medical QiGong training	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Community Balance and Mobility Scale	through study completion, up to 16 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale	through study completion, up to 16 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical Center; 🇺🇸 Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States