Is Qigong a useful adjunct to pulmonary rehabilitation?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN71445334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN71445334
Secondary identifying numbers	N0681181016

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Miss A Price
Scientific

Physiotherapist Department
Newham University Hospital
Glen Road
Plaistow
London
E13 8SL
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)20 73638416
Email	abc@email.com

Study design	Randomised single-blind controlled trial design
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title	Is Qigong a useful adjunct to pulmonary rehabilitation?
Study objectives	The principle objective is to determine whether Qigong can be used to the achieve the same measures as conventional exercise as part of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Respiratory: Pulmonary rehabilitation
Intervention	Subjects will be recruited from referrals to pulmonary rehabilitation at Newham University Hospital. One group will receive Qigong, and the other group will receive pulmonary rehabilitation programme. Subjects will be assessed on their first visit to group, and will need to complete a questionnaire measuring quality of life and physiological measures. Subjects will attend twice a week for an eight week period. Two groups will be compared to assess whether Qigong is an effective programme to rehabilitation.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Using the following questionnaires: hospital anxiety and depression scale, modified Borg score
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/06/2005
Completion date	30/10/2005

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria	1. In line with the current pulmonary rehabilitation programme. This is to ensure that appropriate referrals are made to pulmonary rehabilitation and patients are fit to participate in an exercise programme (British Thoracic Society guidelines for Pulmonary rehabilitation). 2. Subject must fit the referral criteria: chronic but stable lung disorder (lung function est. in past 3 months), optimal medical management, exercise tolerance limited by breathlessness, motivated to exercise, approval to exercise from medical practitioner.
Key exclusion criteria	1. Cardiac disease 2. Exercise tolerance limited by factors other than breathlessness e.g. arthritis, stroke 3. Patient unable to participate in group activities
Date of first enrolment	01/06/2005
Date of final enrolment	30/10/2005

Newham University Hospital

London
E13 8SL
United Kingdom

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The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

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Newham Primary Care Trust

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