Clinical trial NCT05771376: The Effects of Baduanjin Qigong Exercise on Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Study
Official title: The Effects of Baduanjin Qigong Exercise Via Telerehabilitation in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Ankylosing Spondylitis
Keywords: Qigong Exercises
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Pain
Quality of Life
Fatigue
Lead sponsor: Akdeniz University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-03-16
Enrollment: 59
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 64
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of 12-week Baduanjin qigong exercises in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. 59 volunteer individuals, ages 18-64, will be included in the study. They will be randomly divided into two groups (the intervention and the control). The intervention group will perform a qigong exercise program online (via Zoom video conference) for 12 weeks under the supervision of two physiotherapists. The qigong exercise program had previously been videotaped by the researchers. The control group will perform the home exercise program at home for 12 weeks.

Detailed description: This study will be conducted to examine the effect of Baduanjin qigong exercises on patients with ankylosing spondylitis. 29 individuals with ankylosing spondylitis (the intervention group) and 30 healthy individuals (the control group), totaling 59 volunteer individuals ages 18-64, will be included in the study.

The intervention group will perform a qigong exercise program online (via Zoom video conference) for 12 weeks under the supervision of two physiotherapists. The qigong exercise program had previously been videotaped by the researchers. The control group will perform the home exercise program at home for 12 weeks. The intervention group will perform Qigong online exercise program, and the control group will perform home exercises for 45 minutes twice a week for 12 weeks.

In this study the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index, Chest Expansion Measurement, The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Fatigue Severity Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire will be applied before and after the 12-week exercise program in the evaluation of patients.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with ankylosing spondylitis diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with another rheumatological diseases or orthopedic, neurological, psychiatric, cardiovascular, oncological comorbidities

Primary outcomes:
measure: Disease activity
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Functional capacity
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Axial involvement
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Sleep Quality
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Fatigue
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Chest expansion
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Antalya
country: Turkey
facility: Akdeniz University
Study officials:
affiliation: Akdeniz University
name: Gokce Yagmur Gunes Gencer
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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