Tai Chi for Patients With Essential Hypertension

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

234 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-06-30

Study Completion Date

2022-12-31

Brief Summary

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Several studies investigating Tai Chi for hypertension have been carried out. However, investigators found the results were in high heterogeneity and poor methodological quality. Thus, investigators intend to provide high quality of the effectiveness and safety of Tai Chi for essential hypertension.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Tai Chi

3 sessions of Tai Chi per week for 12 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tai Chi

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese mind-body exercise, which combines deep-breath relaxation and gentle movements in sequence with meditation. Each session of Tai Chi will last 60 minutes, including a 10-minute warm-up, a 40-minute Tai Chi practice and a 10-minute cool-down.

Walking

3 sessions of walking per week for 12 weeks

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Walking

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Each session of walking will last 60 minutes, including a 10-minute warm-up, a 40-minute walking and a 10-minutes cool-down.

Waiting-list

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese mind-body exercise, which combines deep-breath relaxation and gentle movements in sequence with meditation. Each session of Tai Chi will last 60 minutes, including a 10-minute warm-up, a 40-minute Tai Chi practice and a 10-minute cool-down.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Walking

Each session of walking will last 60 minutes, including a 10-minute warm-up, a 40-minute walking and a 10-minutes cool-down.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Tai Ji Quan

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. participants aged between 45 to 80 years;
2. participants diagnosed with mild to moderate hypertension, and meet the diagnostic criteria of mild to moderate hypertension according to 2018 Chinese guidelines for the management of hypertension (140≤SBP≤169 and/or 90≤DBP≤109);
3. participants with or without antihypertensive medication;
4. participants with no regular exercise in the past 3 months;
5. participants willing to comply with the study protocol;
6. participants willing to sign informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

1. participants diagnosed with secondary hypertension or refractory hypertension;
2. participants with severe medical visceral condition and chronic diseases, such as diabetes, epilepsy, severe depression or anxiety, psychosis;
3. participants with severe bone and joint diseases or motor dysfunction limit ability to participant exercise;
4. participants with severe cognitive decline (Mini-Mental State Examination score, ≤ 20)
5. participants with weak muscle, poor balance or limited vision that would impede full participation in the study;
6. patients participate in other clinical trials at the same time.

Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No