Medical Qigong for Mobility and Balance Self-Confidence

• Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04430751
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 95
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 5
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 19

Study Details

Study Description

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

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Falls, Balance Self-confidence	Behavioral: Medical QiGong training	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 95 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Medical Qigong for Mobility and Balance Self-Confidence
• Actual Study Start Date: Mar 16, 2018
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Aug 15, 2018
• Actual Study Completion Date: Aug 15, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: Immediate start	Behavioral: Medical QiGong training; The study intervention consisted of a 12-week training program that introduced students to a progressive series of 10 QiGong "forms" that are designed to build upon each other to restore balance and function and to enhance well-being. These forms involve both physical movement and visualization.
Active Comparator: wait time control	Behavioral: Medical QiGong training; The study intervention consisted of a 12-week training program that introduced students to a progressive series of 10 QiGong "forms" that are designed to build upon each other to restore balance and function and to enhance well-being. These forms involve both physical movement and visualization.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Community Balance and Mobility Scale [through study completion, up to 16 weeks]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale [through study completion, up to 16 weeks]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: 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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical Center	Lebanon	New Hampshire	United States	03756

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: James E. Stahl, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04430751
• Other Study ID Numbers: 250-37
• First Posted: Jun 12, 2020
• Last Update Posted: Jun 12, 2020
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2020

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Yes
• Plan to Share IPD: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 12, 2020