Medical Qigong for Mobility and Balance Self-Confidence
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 95
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Community Balance and Mobility Scale
Study Overview
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
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 50 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
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
Arms & Interventions
Immediate start
Intervention: Medical QiGong training (Behavioral)
wait time control
Intervention: Medical QiGong training (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Community Balance and Mobility Scale
Time Frame: through study completion, up to 16 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
- Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale(through study completion, up to 16 weeks)
Investigators
James E. Stahl
MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center