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Trial reportParkinsonism & related disorders2013

The effect of Tai Chi exercise on gait initiation and gait performance in persons with Parkinson's disease.

Shinichi Amano, Joe R Nocera, Srikant Vallabhajosula, Jorge L Juncos, Robert J Gregor, Dwight E Waddell, Steven L Wolf, Chris J Hass

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Trial report in Parkinsonism & related disorders, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04585659 (Qigong for Multiple Sclerosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 61 papers, 26 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04585659 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Qigong for Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational University of Natural MedicineRan2017 to 2018Enrolled20ConditionsMultiple SclerosisArmsQigong
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Shinichi AmanoDepartment of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Joe R Nocera
Srikant Vallabhajosula
Jorge L Juncos
Robert J Gregor
Dwight E Waddell
Steven L Wolf
Chris J Hass

Funding

Chinese Exercise Modalites in Parkinson's DiseaseR01AT000612 · NCCIH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JUNCOS, JORGE L · 2000 to 2003
$1.1M
Tai Chi and Dual Task Interference on Postural Control in Parkinson's DiseaseR03HD054594 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI HASS, CHRISTOPHER J. · 2007 to 2008
$138k
NCCIH NIH HHS 5R01AT000612NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT000612NICHD NIH HHS 5R03HD054594NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD054594
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gait dysfunction and postural instability are two debilitating symptoms in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD). Tai Chi exercise has recently gained attention as an attractive intervention for persons with PD because of its known potential to reduce falls and improve postural control, walking abilities, and safety at a low cost. The purpose of this report is to investigate the effect of Tai Chi exercise on dynamic postural control during gait initiation and gait performance in persons with idiopathic PD, and to determine whether these benefits could be replicated in two different environments, as complementary projects. In these two separate projects, a total of 45 participants with PD were randomly assigned to either a Tai Chi group or a control group. The Tai Chi groups in both projects completed a 16-week Tai Chi exercise session, while the control groups consisted of either a placebo (i.e., Qi-Gong) or non-exercise group. Tai Chi did not significantly improve Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III score, selected gait initiation parameters or gait performance in either project. Combined results from both projects suggest that 16 weeks of class-based Tai Chi were ineffective in improving either gait initiation, gait performance, or reducing parkinsonian disability in this subset of persons with PD. Thus the use of short-term Tai Chi exercise should require further study before being considered a valuable therapeutic intervention for these domains in PD.

Indexed as

Accidental FallsAgedExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleGaitHumansMaleMiddle AgedParkinson DiseasePostural BalanceTai JiTreatment OutcomeBalanceExerciseGaitParkinson's diseaseRehabilitationTai Chi

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PMID23835431
PMCPMC3825828

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