Effect of tai chi versus aerobic exercise for fibromyalgia: comparative effectiveness randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the effectiveness of tai chi interventions compared with aerobic exercise, a current core standard treatment in patients with fibromyalgia, and to test whether the effectiveness of tai chi depends on its dosage or duration.

Design

Prospective, randomized, 52 week, single blind comparative effectiveness trial.

Setting

Urban tertiary care academic hospital in the United States between March 2012 and September 2016.

Participants

226 adults with fibromyalgia (as defined by the American College of Rheumatology 1990 and 2010 criteria) were included in the intention to treat analyses: 151 were assigned to one of four tai chi groups and 75 to an aerobic exercise group.

Interventions

Participants were randomly assigned to either supervised

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5861462 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature