Effects of Different Health Qigong Routines on CS Among Chinese College Students

NCT ID: NCT06130982

Last Updated: 2023-11-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-11-07
• Study Completion Date: 2024-03-07

Brief Summary

Health Qigong, originated from Chinese traditional guidance techniques, is known as China's "six major medical techniques" together with "stone breaking", "acupuncture and moxibustion", "massage", "medicine" and "walking on stilts" of traditional Chinese medicine, and has dual functions of sports and medicine. It mainly takes its own physical activities, breathing, and psychological regulation as its main form, improving the overall functional state of the human body through both internal and external cultivation, and improving the training practice method system of its own life movement. At present, it has 9 popular routines around the world, such as the famous Yi Jin Jing, Wu Qin Xi, Ba Duan Jin, and Liu Zi Jue. In the exercise therapy of cervical spondylosis, the exercise form of Health Qigong is similar to Tai Chi, and has greater advantages compared to other sports(Tai Chi, McKinsey, Cervical Spine Exercise, Resistance Exercise, etc). Previous studies have confirmed that Health Qigong·Yijinjing combined with acupuncture and moxibustion, massage and other intervention therapies can repair cervical muscle fibers, relieve pain and improve cervical function. Health Qigong·Wuqinxi combined with other intervention therapies can positively promote the pain index, cervical mobility, and other factors in middle-aged and elderly patients with cervical spondylosis.Health Qigong·Baduanjin combined with other intervention therapies can enhance the stability of the cervical spine and not only help alleviate anxiety, depression, and other adverse psychological states in patients with cervical spondylosis, It can also reduce the degree of cervical mobility limitation, thereby reducing patient pain, alleviating clinical symptoms, improving clinical intervention effectiveness, and reducing recurrence rate. However, most studies have combined exercise therapy with physical therapy, medication therapy, and other interventions therapies, especially the study of using Health Qigong as an independent exercise therapy to intervene in cervical spondylosis is even rarer. Therefore, this study selected Health Qigong·Yijinjing, Health Qigong·Wuqinxi, and Health Qigong·Baduanjin as independent exercise intervention projects to conduct intervention research on cervical spondylosis among college students, exploring the effects of these three Health Qigong routines on pain, cervical curvature, and cervical joint disorders of Chinese college students with cervical spondylosis.

Detailed Description

In the study, the experimental group conducted an 8-week intervention on the Health Qigong routine content according to the research design, as well as a 4-week follow-up observation. After screening, the subjects were randomly divided into three experimental groups and one control group. The control group of college students will receive an 8-week walking exercise,5 times a week for 30 minutes each time (a total of 50 minutes). Three experimental groups of college students will be trained according to the corresponding intervention content. EG1 is Health Qiong · Yijinjing, EG2 is Health Qiong · Wuqinxi, and EG3 is Health Qiong · Baduanjin, 5 times a week for 30 minutes each time (a total of 50 minutes). All groups of college students will undergo NDI and MPQ questionnaires, as well as measurements of cervical curvature and range of motion using X-rays and protractors, at the end of intervention in the first and eighth weeks, as well as follow-up in the twelfth week after intervention.Then, two Chinese Health Qigong level 1 social sports instructors will teach and supervise the movement standards of the experimental group. Each training session needs to strictly follow the participant's exercise mode, adhere to the exercise from low intensity to high intensity, from simple to difficult, from a single movement to the completion of the entire journey, and provide sufficient rest and Q&A time at the end of each intervention to avoid affecting the experimental level.

Content of Control Group:

Week 1-8: During the intervention period in the experimental group, after warm-up exercise, walk for 30 minutes on the track and field, and then cool down. Warming up exercise includes:head movements,neck movements,shoulder movements,chest expansion exercise,waist rotation,body rotation, lunge movements,leg movements,knee joint movements,ankle movements.

Week 9-12:Stop walking and resume daily activities. Collect data again after week 12.

Content of Experimental Group:

Week 1-2:According to the research design, college students from three experimental groups will learn warm-up activities, basic skills, and individual routine movements related to the corresponding routines. Among them, basic skills include breathing, hand type, step type, trunk, and pile skill. The routine actions of each experimental group vary depending on the intervention content.

Week 3-8:At this stage, after mastering the basic skills and movements of the intervention program, the college students in the three experimental groups, focus on practicing the complete routine movements, and during this process, focus on repeating movements related to the neck.

Week 9-12:Stop intervention and resume daily activities. Collect data again after week 12.

Conditions

Neck Pain; Neck Disorder; Cervical Spondylosis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

EG1:Health Qigong·Yijinjing

HQ·Yijinjing includes the following 10 movements:Wei Tuo Presenting the Stick1-3,Picking the star and Embracing the Moon,Hauling Nine Cattle's Tails Inversely,Pushing out the Palms Like Birds Extending the wings,Nine Ghosts Pulling Horse Blade Technique,Three Trays Falling Down,Black Dragon Streching out the Claws,Crouched Tiger,Pouncing on Its Prey,Bowing Posture,Hips Hanging.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Health Qigong·Yijinjing

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

1-2weeks:learning stage, the frequency is 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 min /time,the total duration controlled within 50 minutes,and includes 4 intervention contents.Warm up activity:take a slow walk around the track and field to activate body and activate small joints (5min).Basic Skills learning of HQ·Yijinjing:breathing exercises,hand exercises,trunk exercises,step exercises,stake exercises(10min).Learning a single action of a routine (30min).Cool down (5min).3-8weeks:practice stage,the frequency and duration of intervention remain unchanged, and the intervention components still include 4 parts.Based on the first two weeks,the intervention content emphasizes more on the practice of complete routine movements, as well as learning and experience the theories and functions of movements.8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

EG2:Health Qigong·Wuqinxi

HQ·Wuqinxi includes the following 10 movements:Tiger Lifting,Tiger Pouncing,Deer Wrestling,Deer Dashing,Bear Lumbering,Bear Swaying,Monkey Hooking,Monkey Picking,Crane Stretching,Crane Flying.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Health Qigong·Wuqinxi

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

1-2weeks:learning stage, the frequency is 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 min /time,the total duration controlled within 50 minutes,and includes 4 intervention contents.Warm up activity:take a slow walk around the track and field to activate body and activate small joints (5min).Basic Skills learning of HQ·Wuqinxi:breathing exercises,hand exercises,trunk exercises,step exercises,stake exercises(10min).Learning a single action of a routine (30min).Cool down (5min).3-8weeks:practice stage,the frequency and duration of intervention remain unchanged, and the intervention components still include 4 parts.Based on the first two weeks,the intervention content emphasizes more on the practice of complete routine movements, as well as learning and experience the theories and functions of movements.8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

EG3:Health Qigong·Baduanjin

HQ·Baduanjin includes the following 8 movements:Supperting the Palms to the Sky to Regulate Qi of Sanjiao,Forward Lunge on the Right and Left Like Shooting an Eagle,Lifting One Arm to Regulate the Functions of Spleen and Stomach,Looking Backward to Treat Strain and Impairments,Swaying the Head and the Bottoms to Clear the Heat of Heart,Hands Grabbing Toes to Strengthen the Kidney and the Waist,Clenching Fists with Wild Eyes Glowering to Increase Strength,Raising and Lowering the Heels 7times to Alleviate Diseases.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Health Qigong·Baduanjin

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

1-2weeks:learning stage, the frequency is 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 min /time,the total duration controlled within 50 minutes,and includes 4 intervention contents.Warm up activity:take a slow walk around the track and field to activate body and activate small joints (5min).Basic Skills learning of HQ·Baduanjin:breathing exercises,hand exercises,trunk exercises,step exercises,stake exercises(10min).Learning a single action of a routine (30min).Cool down (5min).3-8weeks:practice stage,the frequency and duration of intervention remain unchanged, and the intervention components still include 4 parts.Based on the first two weeks,the intervention content emphasizes more on the practice of complete routine movements, as well as learning and experience the theories and functions of movements.8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

CG:Walking

The control group underwent walking exercise, with a walking speed of 1.0 ± 0.2m/s based on age characteristics and human dynamic stability.

Group Type: OTHER

Walking

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

1-8weeks:While the experimental group received intervention, the control group underwent walking exercise. The intervention frequency is the same as the experimental group: 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 minutes/time, the total duration controlled within 50 minutes, and includes 3 contents.Warm up activity:head movements,neck movements,shoulder movements, chest expansion exercise,waist rotation,body rotation, lunge movements,leg movements,knee joint movements,ankle movements(15 min).Walk around the track and field (30 min).Cool down (5min) 8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

Interventions

Health Qigong·Yijinjing

1-2weeks:learning stage, the frequency is 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 min /time,the total duration controlled within 50 minutes,and includes 4 intervention contents.Warm up activity:take a slow walk around the track and field to activate body and activate small joints (5min).Basic Skills learning of HQ·Yijinjing:breathing exercises,hand exercises,trunk exercises,step exercises,stake exercises(10min).Learning a single action of a routine (30min).Cool down (5min).3-8weeks:practice stage,the frequency and duration of intervention remain unchanged, and the intervention components still include 4 parts.Based on the first two weeks,the intervention content emphasizes more on the practice of complete routine movements, as well as learning and experience the theories and functions of movements.8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Health Qigong·Wuqinxi

1-2weeks:learning stage, the frequency is 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 min /time,the total duration controlled within 50 minutes,and includes 4 intervention contents.Warm up activity:take a slow walk around the track and field to activate body and activate small joints (5min).Basic Skills learning of HQ·Wuqinxi:breathing exercises,hand exercises,trunk exercises,step exercises,stake exercises(10min).Learning a single action of a routine (30min).Cool down (5min).3-8weeks:practice stage,the frequency and duration of intervention remain unchanged, and the intervention components still include 4 parts.Based on the first two weeks,the intervention content emphasizes more on the practice of complete routine movements, as well as learning and experience the theories and functions of movements.8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Health Qigong·Baduanjin

1-2weeks:learning stage, the frequency is 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 min /time,the total duration controlled within 50 minutes,and includes 4 intervention contents.Warm up activity:take a slow walk around the track and field to activate body and activate small joints (5min).Basic Skills learning of HQ·Baduanjin:breathing exercises,hand exercises,trunk exercises,step exercises,stake exercises(10min).Learning a single action of a routine (30min).Cool down (5min).3-8weeks:practice stage,the frequency and duration of intervention remain unchanged, and the intervention components still include 4 parts.Based on the first two weeks,the intervention content emphasizes more on the practice of complete routine movements, as well as learning and experience the theories and functions of movements.8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Walking

1-8weeks:While the experimental group received intervention, the control group underwent walking exercise. The intervention frequency is the same as the experimental group: 1 time/day, 5times/week,30 minutes/time, the total duration controlled within 50 minutes, and includes 3 contents.Warm up activity:head movements,neck movements,shoulder movements, chest expansion exercise,waist rotation,body rotation, lunge movements,leg movements,knee joint movements,ankle movements(15 min).Walk around the track and field (30 min).Cool down (5min) 8-12weeks:stop intervention phase,the subjects resume their daily activities and stop intervention. After this, the final data measurement and collection are conducted again.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• College students aged 18-24 who experience discomfort symptoms such as neck pain and limited neck mobility;
• The X-ray shows changes in cervical curvature and is diagnosed as neck type of cervical spondylosis;
• The subjects have never sought medical attention or taken relevant medication due to cervical spondylosis;
• The subjects do not have a personal exercise plan or professional exercise background;
• The subjects are in good physical condition and possess basic athletic abilities.

Exclusion Criteria

• If the subjects have experienced neck sprains in the past month or has experienced acute neck trauma during the experiment, which limits neck movement, it will be excluded;
• Subjects with shoulder periarthritis, rheumatic myofibrositis, neurasthenia, and other neck and shoulder pain not caused by cervical disc degeneration were excluded;
• If the subjects suffer from various congenital deformities, inflammation, tuberculosis, tumors, and other diseases of the bone itself that can cause discomfort in the neck, they are excluded;
• If the subjects are absent for more than 5 times, it will be considered as sample shedding and will be excluded.
• If the subjects fail to participate in any data collection on time, they will be excluded.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 24 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universiti Putra Malaysia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Liu Cong

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Cong Liu, Phd

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Putra Malaysia

Locations

Sichuan Nursing Vocational College

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

China

Central Contacts

Cong Liu, Phd

Role: CONTACT

405096762@qq.com

+8618030431596

Kim Geok Soh, Professor

Role: CONTACT

kims@upm.edu.my

03-97698153

Facility Contacts

Cong Liu, Phd

Role: primary

405096762@qq.com

+8618030431596

Zhenyong Chen, Phd

Role: backup

56554038@qq.com

+8615908129781

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