TAI CHI MIND-BODY THERAPY FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 本研究将调查太极拳，一种冥想式的低冲击运动，是否有益于慢性心力衰竭（HF）患者的预防治疗。这项研究将确定一个定制的12周太极锻炼计划对慢性心力衰竭患者的功能能力和健康相关生活质量的潜在益处。将探讨太极拳任何有益效果的机制（生理和代谢途径以及行为/心理社会指数）。如果这些好处得到证明，太极拳可能代表心脏病患者的一种新的治疗方法，目前还不是标准护理的一部分。这项研究也可能为其他慢性病患者的太极拳研究奠定基础。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This study will investigate whether Tai Chi, a form of meditative low-impact exercise, is beneficial as an adjunctive treatment for patients with chronic heart failure (HF). This study will determine the potential benefit of a tailored 12-week Tai Chi exercise program on functional capacity and health related quality of life in patients with chronic HF. The mechanisms (physiologic and metabolic pathways and behavioral/psychosocial indices) underlying any beneficial effect of Tai Chi will be explored. If such benefits are demonstrated, Tai Chi could represent a new adjunctive therapy for cardiac patients, which is not currently part of standard care. This study may also lay the foundation for future studies of Tai Chi in other chronically ill patients.