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Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Tai Chi has been broadly applied as alternative treatment for many neurological and psychological disorders. Whereas no study using Tai Chi as prophylactic treatment for migraine. The purpose of this study was to preliminarily examine the efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi tra...

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Autores principales: Xie, Yao Jie, Tian, Longben, Hui, Stanley Sai-Chuen, Qin, Jing, Gao, Yang, Zhang, Dexing, Ma, Tongyu, Suen, Lorna Kwai Ping, Wang, Harry Haoxiang, Liu, Zhao-Min, Hao, Chun, Yang, Lin, Loke, Alice Yuen
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582390
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1000594
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author Xie, Yao Jie
Tian, Longben
Hui, Stanley Sai-Chuen
Qin, Jing
Gao, Yang
Zhang, Dexing
Ma, Tongyu
Suen, Lorna Kwai Ping
Wang, Harry Haoxiang
Liu, Zhao-Min
Hao, Chun
Yang, Lin
Loke, Alice Yuen
author_facet Xie, Yao Jie
Tian, Longben
Hui, Stanley Sai-Chuen
Qin, Jing
Gao, Yang
Zhang, Dexing
Ma, Tongyu
Suen, Lorna Kwai Ping
Wang, Harry Haoxiang
Liu, Zhao-Min
Hao, Chun
Yang, Lin
Loke, Alice Yuen
author_sort Xie, Yao Jie
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description BACKGROUND: Tai Chi has been broadly applied as alternative treatment for many neurological and psychological disorders. Whereas no study using Tai Chi as prophylactic treatment for migraine. The purpose of this study was to preliminarily examine the efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training on migraine attack prevention in a sample of Chinese women. METHODS: A two-arm randomized controlled trial was designed. Women aged 18 to 65 years and diagnosed with episodic migraine were randomized to either Tai Chi group (TC group) or the waiting list control group. A modified 33-short form Yang-style Tai Chi training with 1 h per day, 5 days per week for 12 weeks was implemented in the TC group, with a 12-week follow up period. The control group received a “delayed” Tai Chi training at the end of the trial. The primary outcome was the differences in attack frequency between 4 weeks before baseline and at the 9–12 weeks after randomization. The intensity and duration of headache were also measured. The feasibility was evaluated by the maintenance of Tai Chi practice and satisfactory level of the participants toward training. RESULTS: Eighty-two women were randomized, finally 40 in TC group and 33 in control group were involved in the analysis. On average, women in TC group had 3.0 times (95% CI: −4.0 to −2.0, P < 0.01) and 3.6 days (95% CI: −4.7 to −2.5, P < 0.01) reduction of migraine attack per month. Compared with the control group, the differences were statistically significant (−3.7 attacks/month, 95% CI: −5.4 to −1.9; and −3.0 migraine days/month, 95% CI: −4.5 to −1.5; both P < 0.001). The intensity and duration of headache had 0.6 (95% CI: −1.2 to −0.0, P < 0.05) units and 1.2 (IQR: −5.0 to 1.1, P < 0.05) hours reduction in TC group, respectively. Most of the participants (69.2%−97.4%) were satisfied with the training. At the end of 24 weeks, on average, the participants maintained 1.5 times of practice per week and 20 min for each practice. CONCLUSION: The 12-week Tai Chi training significantly decreased the frequency of migraine attack. It was acceptable and practicable among female migraineurs. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT03015753.
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spelling pubmed-97929972022-12-28 Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial Xie, Yao Jie Tian, Longben Hui, Stanley Sai-Chuen Qin, Jing Gao, Yang Zhang, Dexing Ma, Tongyu Suen, Lorna Kwai Ping Wang, Harry Haoxiang Liu, Zhao-Min Hao, Chun Yang, Lin Loke, Alice Yuen Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Tai Chi has been broadly applied as alternative treatment for many neurological and psychological disorders. Whereas no study using Tai Chi as prophylactic treatment for migraine. The purpose of this study was to preliminarily examine the efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training on migraine attack prevention in a sample of Chinese women. METHODS: A two-arm randomized controlled trial was designed. Women aged 18 to 65 years and diagnosed with episodic migraine were randomized to either Tai Chi group (TC group) or the waiting list control group. A modified 33-short form Yang-style Tai Chi training with 1 h per day, 5 days per week for 12 weeks was implemented in the TC group, with a 12-week follow up period. The control group received a “delayed” Tai Chi training at the end of the trial. The primary outcome was the differences in attack frequency between 4 weeks before baseline and at the 9–12 weeks after randomization. The intensity and duration of headache were also measured. The feasibility was evaluated by the maintenance of Tai Chi practice and satisfactory level of the participants toward training. RESULTS: Eighty-two women were randomized, finally 40 in TC group and 33 in control group were involved in the analysis. On average, women in TC group had 3.0 times (95% CI: −4.0 to −2.0, P < 0.01) and 3.6 days (95% CI: −4.7 to −2.5, P < 0.01) reduction of migraine attack per month. Compared with the control group, the differences were statistically significant (−3.7 attacks/month, 95% CI: −5.4 to −1.9; and −3.0 migraine days/month, 95% CI: −4.5 to −1.5; both P < 0.001). The intensity and duration of headache had 0.6 (95% CI: −1.2 to −0.0, P < 0.05) units and 1.2 (IQR: −5.0 to 1.1, P < 0.05) hours reduction in TC group, respectively. Most of the participants (69.2%−97.4%) were satisfied with the training. At the end of 24 weeks, on average, the participants maintained 1.5 times of practice per week and 20 min for each practice. CONCLUSION: The 12-week Tai Chi training significantly decreased the frequency of migraine attack. It was acceptable and practicable among female migraineurs. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT03015753. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9792997/ /pubmed/36582390 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1000594 Text en Copyright © 2022 Xie, Tian, Hui, Qin, Gao, Zhang, Ma, Suen, Wang, Liu, Hao, Yang and Loke. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Xie, Yao Jie
Tian, Longben
Hui, Stanley Sai-Chuen
Qin, Jing
Gao, Yang
Zhang, Dexing
Ma, Tongyu
Suen, Lorna Kwai Ping
Wang, Harry Haoxiang
Liu, Zhao-Min
Hao, Chun
Yang, Lin
Loke, Alice Yuen
Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial
title Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial
title_full Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial
title_fullStr Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial
title_short Efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week Tai Chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in Hong Kong Chinese women: A randomized controlled trial
title_sort efficacy and feasibility of a 12-week tai chi training for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine in hong kong chinese women: a randomized controlled trial
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582390
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1000594
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