NCT05527158

Traditional Chinese Yijinjing Exercise on Hand Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

The Impact of Traditional Chinese Yijinjing Exercise on Hand Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients:a Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a single-blinded, randomized, parallel controlled trial.The purpose of this experiment is to confirm how "Yijinjing" treatment affects hand function, handgrip strength, pain, morning stiffness, and mood disorder in RA patients compared to routine care.

Detailed description

To compare the efficacy of Traditional Chinese Exercise Yijinjing and routine care on hand dysfunction,which is the clinical challenge in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a single- centre,single-blinded, randomized controlled trial will be conducted. Sixty-six RA patients will be randomly allocated (1:1) to treatment with Yijinjing exercise or routine care. The primary outcome is a 10% improvement in the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ) at week 12.

Conditions

• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• YiJinJing Exercise
• Hand Function
• Randomized Controlled Trial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Yi Jin Jing exercise	Yi Jin Jing of The General Administration of Sport of China, which consists of twelve operational processes as the standard intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-01
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2022-09-02
• Last updated: 2022-09-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China