Tai Chi Intervention for Geriatric Pain Syndrome

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

266

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 1, 2025

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2030

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2030

Conditions
Chronic PainFalls
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Light physical exercise

One hour each session, two sessions each week, for 24 weeks. Each session will be structured into three 15-minute segments (including warm-up activities/balance exercise/walking, upper and lower body strength exercise/walking, and stretching exercise/balance exercise/walking, respectively), each ending with a short break to record the Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE), followed by a 5-minute break time or cool-down/wrap-up session. The session will be taught by a certified exercise physiologist and a research assistant.

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi

One hour each session, two sessions each week, for 24 weeks. Each session will be structured into three 15-minute segments (including warm-up activities/balance exercise/breathing exercise, Tai Chi walking drills, and Tai Chi 8-form, respectively), each ending with a short break to record the RPE, and followed by a 5-minute break or cool-down/wrap-up session. The session will be taught by an experienced Tai Chi instructor and a research assistant.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Brigham and Women's Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

OTHER

lead

University of Massachusetts, Boston

OTHER

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