Qigong vs. Aerobic Exercise in the Treatment of Childhood Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
CompletedPhase 2NCT00312234
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Brief summary (from the registry)
This study is comparing two different exercise programs, Qi Gong (gentle stretching, and breathing) with an aerobics program (boxing and dancing) to see if children with chronic pain or fibromyalgia are able to take part in the program. We would also like to know if it is easy to take part in an exercise program. We hypothesize that children with chronic musculoskeletal pain and FM, who engage in Qigong fitness training, will be more compliant, and have an equivalent or possibly superior improvement on measures of motor function (peak power, endurance, and metabolic efficiency) compared to children given an aerobic fitness exercise program.
Study details
- Official title
- Feasibility and Impact of Qigong as Compared to Aerobic Exercise in the Treatment of Childhood Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Conditions
- Muscular Disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Aerobic exercise
- Behavioral: Qigong exercise
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- Start date
- 2005-08
- Primary completion
- 2007-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 8 Years to 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Canada
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 8-18 years * Diagnosis of childhood fibromyalgia or chronic musculoskeletal pain (ACR criteria) Exclusion Criteria: * Co-morbidity with cardiac, pulmonary or metabolic disease. * Children who engage in more than 3 hours of structured extracurricular physical activity programs weekly, unless a physiotherapy pool program with emphasis on joint range of motion and stretching. * Children who are unable to cooperate with testing procedures.
Canadian sites (2)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00312234