Tai Chi Mind-Body Therapy for Fibromyalgia
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Fibromyalgia
In brief
The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary data on the effects of Tai Chi on musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep quality, psychological distress, physical performance,and health status in 60 patients with fibromyalgia.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00515008
- Run by
- Tufts Medical Center
- People needed
- 66
- Starts
- 2007-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-03-08
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 21 or older
- Fulfills the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 diagnostic criteria for FM. (1) a history of widespread musculoskeletal pain on the right and left sides of the body as well as above and below the waist for a minimum duration of 3 months, and (2) pain in 11 or more of 18 specific tender points with moderate or greater tenderness reported upon digital palpation.
- Physically able to participate in both the Tai Chi and stretching and education programs according to their primary care physician.
- Willing to complete the 12-week study, including twice-a-week Tai Chi or stretching and education sessions
You may not qualify if…
- Prior experience with Tai Chi or other similar types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the past 6 months such as Qi gong and yoga since these share some of the principles of Tai Chi
- Any health condition limiting the ability to participate as determined by a primary care physician
- Any other diagnosed medical condition that is known to contribute to FM symptomatology that is not under adequate control or cannot be expected to remain under adequate control for the study period such as thyroid disease, inflammatory arthritis, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, myositis and vasculitis or Sjogren's syndrome
- Not English-Speaking
- Positive pregnancy test or planning pregnancy within the study period
- Inability to pass the Mini-Mental Status examination (score below 24)
- Enrollment in any other clinical trial within the last 30 days
- Plan to permanently relocate from the region during the trial period
Where it is running
- Tufts Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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