Tai Chi for Stroke Rehabilitation on Balance and Cognition

NCT ID: NCT02868840

Last Updated: 2017-09-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art, is a low intense aerobic exercise characterized by continuous movements that embrace the mind, body, and spirit. Tai Chi addresses the integration and balance of mind and body using the fundamental principles of slow, smooth, and continuous movement control, and the transfer of body weight while maintaining an upright and relaxed posture. The present randomized clinical trial project aims to apply the suggested principles as the typical features of Tai Chi applied stroke rehabilitation, and to evaluate the effects on physical (balance), psychological, and cognitive function.

Detailed Description

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Cerebrovascular disease is a major global concern. The individuals with stroke would suffer from disease associated symptoms which influence their functioning in everyday life. These symptom clusters were usually known to be sharing similar underlying mechanisms. It is clear that the development of effective stroke rehabilitation involves interdisciplinary team approach to manage physical, social, cognitive, and psychological functioning in this population.

Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art, is a low intense aerobic exercise characterized by continuous movements that embrace the mind, body, and spirit. Tai Chi addresses the integration and balance of mind and body using the fundamental principles of slow, smooth, and continuous movement control, and the transfer of body weight while maintaining an upright and relaxed posture. The newly developed style of Tai Chi for health programs is the seated Tai Chi, which shares the common Tai Chi principles while being modified to adjust the movements for patients with limited mobility.

The present randomized clinical trial project aims to apply the suggested principles as the typical features of Tai Chi applied stroke rehabilitation, and to evaluate the effects on physical (balance), psychological, and cognitive function. Only a few studies ever addressed the feasibility of Tai Chi for stroke rehabilitation, and the relationship between cognition and balance in this population is still very early stage of investigation. The main purpose of our collaborating project is to explore the direct relationship between cognition and balance in stroke patients during their rehabilitation process.

Conditions

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Stroke

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Tai Chi group

Tai Chi exercise, twice a week, one hour per session. participated in Tai Chi either while seated or standing upon their comfort level.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tai Chi exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

exercise twice a week each for one hour

Symptom management group

manage stroke symptom through phone and text message along with other rehabilitation therapy.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

symptom management

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

sending text message weekly to manage symptoms related to stroke

Interventions

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Tai Chi exercise

exercise twice a week each for one hour

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

symptom management

sending text message weekly to manage symptoms related to stroke

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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seated Tai Chi message counselling

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* diagnosed as stroke at least for 3 months upto 2 years
* eligible to participate rehabilitation therapy referred by primary physician

Exclusion Criteria

* not able to understand questionnaires
* not able to stand alone for balance test
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Research Foundation, Singapore

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chungnam National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chungnam National University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rhayun Song

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Rhayun Song, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chungnam National University

Locations

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Chungnam National University Hospital

Daejeon, , South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

References

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Chen BL, Guo JB, Liu MS, Li X, Zou J, Chen X, Zhang LL, Yue YS, Wang XQ. Effect of Traditional Chinese Exercise on Gait and Balance for Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 20;10(8):e0135932. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135932. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26291978 (View on PubMed)

Tao J, Rao T, Lin L, Liu W, Wu Z, Zheng G, Su Y, Huang J, Lin Z, Wu J, Fang Y, Chen L. Evaluation of Tai Chi Yunshou exercises on community-based stroke patients with balance dysfunction: a study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2015 Feb 25;15:31. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0555-1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25888114 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ChungnamNU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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