A Brain Imaging Study of Tai Chi on Fibromyalgia
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Fibromyalgia
In brief
To accomplish our Specific Aims, we propose to conduct a two-session fMRI experiment in up to 30 patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and up to 30 healthy controls. All subjects will be invited to complete the second, identical fMRI session about 3 months following completion of the first session. Fibromyalgia subjects will complete their scans before and after a 12-week Tai Chi intervention in collaboration with Tufts Medical Center.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01857219
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2013-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2020-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-02-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Volunteers 18-50 years of age.
- Fibromyalgia for at least the past 3 months, as determined by the referring physician.
- At least a 10th grade English-reading level; English can be a second language provided that the patients feel they understand all the questions used in the assessment measures.
You may not qualify if…
- Specific causes of pain (e.g., cancer, fractures, spinal stenosis, infections)
- History of cardiac, respiratory, or nervous system disease that, in the investigator's judgment, precludes participation in the study because of a heightened potential for adverse outcome.
- Presence of any contraindications to fMRI scanning. For example: cardiac pacemaker, metal implants, fear of closed spaces, pregnancy.
- Criteria for healthy adults.
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Volunteers 18-50 years of age.
- At least a 10th grade English-reading level; English can be a second language provided that the patients feel they understand all the questions used in the assessment measures.
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Chronic and acute pain (ex. Fibromyalgia).
- History of cardiac, respiratory, or nervous system disease that, in the investigator's judgment, precludes participation in the study because of a heightened potential for adverse outcome.
- Presence of any contraindications to fMRI scanning. For example: cardiac pacemaker, metal implants, fear of closed spaces, pregnancy.
Where it is running
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
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