CLINICAL TRIAL: TAI CHI MIND-BODY THERAPY FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 这项研究将调查太极，一种冥想的低冲击运动形式，作为慢性心力衰竭(HF)患者的辅助治疗是否有益。这项研究将确定定制的12周太极锻炼计划对慢性心力衰竭患者的功能能力和与健康相关的生活质量的潜在好处。本课程将探讨太极有益的机制(生理和代谢途径以及行为/心理社会指标)。如果这些好处得到证明，太极可能成为心脏病患者的一种新的辅助疗法，目前这还不是标准护理的一部分。本研究也为今后太极拳在其他慢性病患者中的应用研究奠定了基础。

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.