Effects of Meditative Movement on Body CompositionMWNCT04072133
The Move Well Study
A study testing Meditative Movement in people with Effects of Meditative Movement on Body Composition, run by Arizona State University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study will explore the effects of meditative movement on body composition in a group of 60 midlife women. Women will participate in 30-minute meditative movement (MM) classes for an eight-week period. Participants will be encouraged to practice MM at home for at least 30 minutes most days per week. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 45 to 75 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Effects of Meditative Movement on Body Composition
- What is being tested?
- Meditative Movement
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 52 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 27 Mar 2017to 14 Dec 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 45 to 75 years
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Female
- 45-75 years of age
- Ability to participate in low intensity activity
Who cannot join
- Women who are unable to stand for 10-minute segments (e.g., wheelchair or walker bound and too weak)
- Women who are unable to walk
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Arizona State University Downtown Campus
Phoenix, Arizona, 85004
About this study
Official title: Effects of Meditative Movement on Body Composition in Midlife Women
This study will explore the effects of meditative movement on body composition in a group of 60 midlife women. Women will participate in 30-minute meditative movement (MM) classes for an eight-week period. Participants will be encouraged to practice MM at home for at least 30 minutes most days per week. Participants will be asked to complete a log of their time spent doing meditative movement outside of classes.
Read the detailed description
A growing body of published evidence indicates that meditative movement (MM) practices may be helpful for body composition improvement. Less strenuous forms of exercise that include a focus on the breath and meditative state (i.e., "meditative movement" such as Yoga, Qigong, or Tai Chi) may be easier to adopt for unfit, sedentary, overweight or obese women, which characterizes a large percentage of the general population. Despite this preliminary evidence, no studies have proposed a model for how or why weight loss might occur in MM interventions where the goals are not designated as weight loss, nutritional counseling is not included, and energy expenditure is not at the level assumed to be required to achieve weight loss. The proposed intervention is designed to refine and gather preliminary evidence for a novel "mindful-body-wisdom" model of intervening on improving body composition and to examine the contribution of model factors (psychological and behavioral) of how such a non-diet/non-vigorous exercise intervention might work, in 60 midlife women.
TCE is a simple TC/QG form that was developed by Dr. Roger Jahnke and developed into a standardized research intervention protocol by a team of researchers. It has been used in several prior projects and one recently completed NIH/NCCAM-funded randomized controlled trial (RCT) with breast cancer survivors showing reduction in fatigue and depression, and improved sleep and physical function.
- Being tested
- Meditative Movement
- Keywords
- Midlife Women, Body Composition, Meditative Movement, Emotional Eating, Sleep Quality, Body Fat Percentage, Tai Chi Easy
- Medical subject headings
- Emotional Eating, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Meditative MovementBehavioural
Also called Tai Chi Easy (TCE)
Intervention will be taught by a certified Tai Chi Easy (TCE) group practice leader. The TCE movements will be repeated in differing sequences and time-frames during the course of the study. The variety and combination of the exercises will begin easy and progress to more advanced movements and/or intensities as the study progresses and participants become more experienced and comfortable with the routine. Participants spend one hour in class each week for a total of eight weeks.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Meditative Movement Intervention | Experimental | Participants will complete the following components of baseline (T1) data collection: demographics, biometric measurements, a heart rate variability assessment, and questionnaires. Participants will be asked to provide six saliva samples via passive drool to measure cortisol levels. Participants will be assigned into hour-long meditative movement (MM) classes for eight weeks total. Participants will be asked to practice their MM skills at home for at least 30 minutes most days per week. The study will distribute hard-copy movement manuals and DVD instruction videos for guidance. Participants will be asked to provide a log of all dates and lengths of their at-home practice. After the eighth class, participants will return for post-intervention (T2) data collection, consisting of biometric measurements, a heart rate variability assessment, and questionnaires. Participants will provide six more saliva samples via passive drool method. Receives: Behavioral: Meditative Movement |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Body Fat Percentage
Body fat percentage will be measured using Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) via the Tanita monitor. Score range= 0% to 100%. A higher score indicates a higher body fat percentage.
Measured: 8 weeks
Emotional Eating
Emotional eating will be measured using the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) (21 items, 4-point Likert scale with response options 1 through 4 for items 1 through 17, response options 1 through 8 for item 18). Score range= 18 to 76. Emotional eating sub-score is calculated by combining six items of the TFEQ. A higher score indicates greater emotional eating.
Measured: 8 weeks
Sleep Quality
Sleep quality will be measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (10 items, 4-point Likert scale; 0= positive extreme of scale, 3= negative extreme of scale). Score range= 0 to 21. A higher score indicates worse sleep quality.
Measured: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes (4)
Perceived Stress Scale-10
self-report measure of perceived stress, 10-items, Likert scale
Measured: 8 weeks
Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)
self-report measure of self-compassion as measured (26 items) by self-kindness, common humanity, non-judgment
Measured: 8 weeks
Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ)
self-report measure of experienced body awareness/iteroception, 18-items, Likert-scale
Measured: 8 weeks
Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R)
self-report measure of mindfulness, Likert-scale, 9-items
Measured: 8 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Aug 2019
- Study start27 Mar 2017
- Primary completion14 Dec 2017
- Study completion14 Dec 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Effects of Meditative Movement on Body CompositionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- Clinical trial with single arm
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Arizona State University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04072133
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00005974
- Acronym
- MW
- Status last verified
- Jun 2021
- First submitted
- 13 Aug 2019
- Last updated
- 8 Jun 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Jun 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effects of Meditative Movement on Body Composition in Midlife Women
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04072133
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MW / STUDY00005974
- Keywords
- Midlife Women, Body Composition, Meditative Movement, Emotional Eating, Sleep Quality, Body Fat Percentage, Tai Chi Easy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Arizona State UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 27 Mar 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 14 Dec 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 14 Dec 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 Aug 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will explore the effects of meditative movement on body composition in a group of 60 midlife women. Women will participate in 30-minute meditative movement (MM) classes for an eight-week period. Participants will be encouraged to practice MM at home for at least 30 minutes most days per week. Participants will be asked to complete a log of their time spent doing meditative movement outside of classes.
Detailed description
A growing body of published evidence indicates that meditative movement (MM) practices may be helpful for body composition improvement. Less strenuous forms of exercise that include a focus on the breath and meditative state (i.e., "meditative movement" such as Yoga, Qigong, or Tai Chi) may be easier to adopt for unfit, sedentary, overweight or obese women, which characterizes a large percentage of the general population. Despite this preliminary evidence, no studies have proposed a model for how or why weight loss might occur in MM interventions where the goals are not designated as weight loss, nutritional counseling is not included, and energy expenditure is not at the level assumed to be required to achieve weight loss. The proposed intervention is designed to refine and gather preliminary evidence for a novel "mindful-body-wisdom" model of intervening on improving body composition and to examine the contribution of model factors (psychological and behavioral) of how such a non-diet/non-vigorous exercise intervention might work, in 60 midlife women.
TCE is a simple TC/QG form that was developed by Dr. Roger Jahnke and developed into a standardized research intervention protocol by a team of researchers. It has been used in several prior projects and one recently completed NIH/NCCAM-funded randomized controlled trial (RCT) with breast cancer survivors showing reduction in fatigue and depression, and improved sleep and physical function.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- Clinical trial with single arm
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Meditative Movement Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Meditative MovementParticipants will complete the following components of baseline (T1) data collection: demographics, biometric measurements, a heart rate variability assessment, and questionnaires. Participants will be asked to provide six saliva samples via passive drool to measure cortisol levels. Participants will be assigned into hour-long meditative movement (MM) classes for eight weeks total. Participants will be asked to practice their MM skills at home for at least 30 minutes most days per week. The study will distribute hard-copy movement manuals and DVD instruction videos for guidance. Participants will be asked to provide a log of all dates and lengths of their at-home practice. After the eighth class, participants will return for post-intervention (T2) data collection, consisting of biometric measurements, a heart rate variability assessment, and questionnaires. Participants will provide six more saliva samples via passive drool method. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 45 to 75 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Female
- 45-75 years of age
- Ability to participate in low intensity activity
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Women who are unable to stand for 10-minute segments (e.g., wheelchair or walker bound and too weak)
- Women who are unable to walk
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Meditative MovementAlso: Tai Chi Easy (TCE)Intervention will be taught by a certified Tai Chi Easy (TCE) group practice leader. The TCE movements will be repeated in differing sequences and time-frames during the course of the study. The variety and combination of the exercises will begin easy and progress to more advanced movements and/or intensities as the study progresses and participants become more experienced and comfortable with the routine. Participants spend one hour in class each week for a total of eight weeks. | Behavioural | Meditative Movement Intervention |
Primary outcome
Body Fat Percentage
Time frame: 8 weeks
Body fat percentage will be measured using Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) via the Tanita monitor. Score range= 0% to 100%. A higher score indicates a higher body fat percentage.
Emotional Eating
Time frame: 8 weeks
Emotional eating will be measured using the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) (21 items, 4-point Likert scale with response options 1 through 4 for items 1 through 17, response options 1 through 8 for item 18). Score range= 18 to 76. Emotional eating sub-score is calculated by combining six items of the TFEQ. A higher score indicates greater emotional eating.
Sleep Quality
Time frame: 8 weeks
Sleep quality will be measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (10 items, 4-point Likert scale; 0= positive extreme of scale, 3= negative extreme of scale). Score range= 0 to 21. A higher score indicates worse sleep quality.
4 secondary outcomes
Perceived Stress Scale-10
Time frame: 8 weeks
Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)
Time frame: 8 weeks
Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ)
Time frame: 8 weeks
Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R)
Time frame: 8 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Jun 2021.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Meditative Movement in people with Effects of Meditative Movement on Body Composition, run by Arizona State University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Jun 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Body Fat Percentage (time frame: 8 weeks). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Jun 2021.