Effect of Tai Chi Chuan on balance and quality of life in MS patients

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsIranian Registry of Clinical Trials
Year 2013
INTERVENTION: Control group: no action Intervention 1: Intervention group: training and practice of preliminary short forms and balance exercise of Tai Chi Chuan, Yang style, 12 weeks, Twice 90 minutes sessions per week. Intervention 2: Control group: no action. Intervention group: training and practice of preliminary short forms and balance exercise of Tai Chi Chuan, Yang style, 12 weeks, Twice 90 minutes sessions per week. Rehabilitation CONDITION: Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system G35, G36, Multiple Sclerosis. ; Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system PRIMARY OUTCOME: Balance. Timepoint: Before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: Berg Balance Scale (BBS). Quality of Life. Timepoint: Before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life (MSQOL‐54). INCLUSION CRITERIA: INCLUSION CRITERIA: women aged between 20 and 60 years, diagnosed with MS; Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score was last recorded in the patient's medical records equal to or less than 5/5; absence of other acute or chronic debilitating diseases, such as: pulmonary heart disease, musculoskeletal (joint replacement, etc.), mental or psychological problems (depression, cognitive impairment, etc.). Diagnostic criteria was patient medical records and patient self‐expression; absence of pregnancy and signing the informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria: patients who met the study and inclusion criteria have not been; causing acute and severe recurrent of disease; if the patient began to practice other exercise and any reason that the patient refuse to cooperate.
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First added on: Mar 31, 2022