The Effect of Tai Chi and Yoga on Flexibility, Anxiety, and Sleep Quality in Women
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Sleep Quality
研究概览
简要总结
Healthy women aged 18-45 years with BMI <30 were randomized into two groups to receive either Tai Chi or yoga training. Both interventions were delivered for 8 weeks, 2 sessions per week, 45 minutes per session, at Bahçeşehir University. Flexibility, anxiety, and sleep quality were assessed before and after the intervention using standardized flexibility tests, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The outcome assessor was blinded to group assignment.
详细描述
This study evaluates the effects of Tai Chi and yoga on flexibility, anxiety, and sleep quality in healthy women. Eligible participants (women aged 18-45 years, BMI <30, without prior musculoskeletal surgery and without conditions that would contraindicate exercise) are randomized into a Tai Chi group or a yoga group. The outcome assessor is blinded to group assignment.
Both groups participate in supervised exercise sessions conducted in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department laboratories at Bahçeşehir University. The Tai Chi group follows a Yang-style program consisting of 10 movements, delivered over 8 weeks, twice weekly, 45 minutes per session, including warm-up, Tai Chi practice, and cool-down. The yoga group completes an 8-week program delivered twice weekly for 45 minutes per session, consisting of asanas targeting flexibility, strengthening, and balance, followed by cool-down and meditation.
Assessments are performed at baseline and after completion of the 8-week program. Flexibility is evaluated using standardized tests (sit-and-reach; trunk extensor flexibility; trunk lateral flexion; hip flexor flexibility; ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion). Anxiety is measured with the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and sleep quality is measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Female, 18-45 years of age
- •BMI <30 kg/m²
- •No history of musculoskeletal surgery
排除标准
- •Congenital or acquired condition affecting the musculoskeletal system
- •Any systemic disease or condition that makes exercise contraindicated, or pregnancy
- •Chronic neurological, metabolic, or cardiovascular disease
结局指标
主要结局
Sleep Quality
时间窗: Baseline and immediately post-intervention (8 weeks).
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) total score assessing sleep quality over the past month; higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality (range 0-21).
次要结局
- Anxiety(Baseline and immediately post-intervention (8 weeks).)
- Flexibility(Baseline and immediately post-intervention (8 weeks).)
- BMI(Baseline and immediately post-intervention (8 weeks).)
研究者
Tuğçe Tahmaz
Asst. Proff.
Bahçeşehir University