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发布时间：2011/7/20 阅读次数：18421 字体大小: 【小】【中】【大】

Tai Chi improves arthritis pain

关节痛？来练太极拳吧

Participants who were recruited in the largest study of the Arthritis Foundation's Tai Chi programme, have shown improvement in pain, fatigue, stiffness and sense of well-being.

在关节炎基金会(Arthritis Foundation)规模最大的太极拳研究项目中，参与项目的关节炎患者的疼痛、疲劳、僵硬症状有所缓解，而且幸福感得到提升

Their ability to reach while maintaining balance also improved, said Leigh Callahan, the study's lead author, associate professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a member of UNC's Thurston Arthritis Research Center.

"Our study shows that there are significant benefits of the Tai Chi course for individuals with all types of arthritis, including fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis," Callahan said.

"We found this in both rural and urban settings across a southeastern state and a northeastern state."

In the study, 354 participants were recruited from 20 sites in North Carolina and New Jersey . They were randomly assigned to two groups. The intervention group received the 8-week, twice-weekly Tai Chi course immediately while the other group was a delayed control group. All participants received baseline and 8-week follow-up evaluations, after which the control group also received the Tai Chi course.

To be eligible for study, participants had to have any type of self-reported, doctor-diagnosed arthritis, be 18 years old or older and able to move independently without assistance. However, they did not have to be able to perform Tai Chi standing. They were eligible for the study if they could perform Tai Chi seated, Callahan said.

Self-reports of pain, fatigue and stiffness and physical function performance measures were collected at baseline and at the eight-week evaluation. Participants were asked questions about their ability to perform activities of daily living, their overall general health and psychosocial measures such as their perceived helplessness and self-efficacy.

At the end of eight weeks the individuals who had received the intervention showed moderate improvements in pain, fatigue and stiffness. They also had an increased sense of well being, as measured by the psychosocial variables, and they had improved reach or balance, Callahan said.

The results have been presented at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Atlanta.

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