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The 8 Section Brocade Tai Chi Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT ID: NCT04204213

Last Updated: 2019-12-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

112 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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Tai Chi exercises have increasingly grown in popularity among older adults in the past decades. It has been well studied to its efficacies in proportion with the management of elderly fall prevention and mineral-structured bone density enhancement. Nevertheless, existing study sources do little exemplified a quantifiable measures of effects in patients suffer from osteoarthritis of knees being impacted from a routine performance of Tai Chi.

Detailed Description

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112 patients with end stage osteoarthritis knee had enrolled into a customised multidisciplinary education program that consisted of one hour healthcare education seminars followed by another hour of 8 Section Brocade (Baduanjin) sitting Tai Chi classes for 4 consecutive weeks. Followup measures were taken at baseline, 3 and 6 months post course commencement using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), SF-36v2 Health Survey and the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8).

Conditions

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Osteoarthritis, Knee Tai Chi Exercise Training

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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8 Section Brocade Tai Chi Therapy

Subject participants with end stage osteoarthritis knee were enrolled into a customised multidisciplinary education program that consisted of one hour healthcare education seminars followed by another hour of 8 Section Brocade (Baduanjin) sitting Tai Chi classes for 4 consecutive weeks.

Tai Chi Exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

8 Section Brocade (Baduanjin) sitting Tai Chi classes + Healthcare Education seminars

Interventions

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Tai Chi Exercise

8 Section Brocade (Baduanjin) sitting Tai Chi classes + Healthcare Education seminars

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosed in symptomatic knee OA of Kellgren Lawrence (KL) grade 3 or 4, and have elected on list waiting for lower limb arthroplasty surgery
2. Aged 55 or above
3. Able to ambulate independently
4. Able to communicate in Cantonese

Exclusion Criteria

5. Previously underwent total knee replacement surgery
6. Diagnosed with other non-OA arthritide forms of the knees
7. Unable to complete all four sessions
8. Unable to complete all time-point measurements
Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Ho Ki Wai

Clinical Professional Consultant

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

References

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Ho KK, Pong G, Poon QW, Kwok JY, Chau WW, Ong MT. A community-centric multi-disciplinary education program with the 8-section brocade Tai Chi therapy for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee - a pilot study. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2021 Dec 14;21(1):297. doi: 10.1186/s12906-021-03480-2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34906130 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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3505.2715

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id