Clinical trials: Tai ji
Postural Balance, Accidental Falls
Improving Balance and Mobility
Falls are dangerous leading to injuries and even death. The VA has made fall prevention a priority, but effective programs only reduce falls by 30%.
- Conditions
- Postural Balance, Accidental Falls, Mobility Limitation
- Trial name
- MMBI (NCT02374463)
- Testing
- MMBI, Tai Chi
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Healthy Aging
A Mobile Tai Chi Platform for Fall Prevention in Older Adults - Phase II
This is a single-arm longitudinal feasibility study for older adults that involves a 12-week home-based Tai Chi program and includes four remote and/or in-person data collection visits.
- Trial name
- NCT05006261
- Testing
- Tele-Tai Chi
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Tai Ji Quan and Cognitive Function in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment
To determine the efficacy of a cognitively enhanced exercise intervention - Tai Ji Quan: Moving to Maintain Brain Health in improving global cognitive function and dual-task ability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT04070703
- Testing
- The Go for Exercise & Healthy Aging Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 318 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Institute
Aging
Health Outcomes of Tai Chi in Subsidized Senior Housing
The proposed study will determine whether Tai Chi is an effective and practical intervention to improve overall function and lower health care utilization in an expensive, vulnerable population of seniors that is more…
- Trial name
- Mi-WISH (NCT02346136)
- Testing
- Tai Chi training, Educational Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Osteoporosis
Green Tea and Tai Chi for Bone Health
Osteoporosis is a major health problem in postmenopausal women. Our long-term goal is to develop a new alternative treatment that include a dietary supplement (green tea extract) and a mind-body exercise (Tai Chi) for lessening…
- Trial name
- GTP-TC-Bone (NCT00625391)
- Testing
- Green Tea Polyphenols (GTP), GTP+TC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Anxiety
Effects of Tai Chi Chuan on Psychobiological Indicators of Anxiety and Sleep Quality in Young Adults
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of a 10-week tai chi chuan intervention as a treatment for anxiety and sleep quality in young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT01624168
- Testing
- Anxiety Management Education, 10 week tai chi intervention, Enhanced tai chi instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Appalachian State University