NCT03989453

Effects of Chi Kung to Improve the Symptoms of Menopause

Physical Activity, Menopause and Health. Effects of 12-week Chi Kung Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 117 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Jaén · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To analyze the effects of a Chi Kung exercise program in Spanish menopausal women

Detailed description

This is a randomized clinical trial of single-blind with 2 arms (Control group and experimental group), in which a pre-treatment-postest design has been used. The study will define two groups: A control group (CG) that will not be submitted to treatment, which will be evaluated in the pre and post phase of the study. Participants assigned to this group will receive general advice on the positive effects of regular physical activity and will be given a guide to recommendations for promoting physical activity. An experimental group (GE) that after an initial evaluation will undergo a physical training program based on Chi Kung exercises. Once the intervention is finished, it will be submitted to a final evaluation to see if there is a difference or not with the results obtained at the beginning.

Conditions

• Quality of Life and Menopause

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Chi Kung	The duration of the intervention is 12 weeks, with 2 sessions per week of Chi Kung. Each session lasts approximately 1 hour and is structured in three parts: initial warm-up (Based on breathing and concentration exercises), of 10 minutes duration, a 40-45 minute Chi Kung session and finally 10 minutes of guided relaxation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-09-23
• Completion: 2019-10-01
• First posted: 2019-06-18
• Last updated: 2021-10-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain