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EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 107-113Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel050
Keywords
complementary and alternative medicine; health-related quality-of-life; integrative medicine; Tai Chi; tension-type headache; traditional Chinese medicine
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- NIMHD NIH HHS [P20 MD000148] Funding Source: Medline
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This study examined whether a traditional low-impact mind-body exercise, Tai Chi, affects health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) and headache impact in an adult population suffering from tension-type headaches. Forty-seven participants were randomly assigned to either a 15 week intervention program of Tai Chi instruction or a wait-list control group. HRQOL (SF-36v2) and headache status (HIT-6(TM)) were obtained at baseline and at 5, 10 and 15 weeks post-baseline during the intervention period. Statistically significant (P < 0.05) improvements in favor of the intervention were present for the HIT score and the SF-36 pain, energy/fatigue, social functioning, emotional well-being and mental health summary scores. A 15 week intervention of Tai Chi practice was effective in reducing headache impact and also effective in improving perceptions of some aspects of physical and mental health.
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