Shaolin Dan Tian Breathing Fosters Relaxed and Attentive Mind

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• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT00988702
• Date of registration: 30/09/2009
• Primary sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Public title: Shaolin Dan Tian Breathing Fosters Relaxed and Attentive Mind
• Scientific title: Shaolin Dan Tian Breathing Fosters Relaxed and Attentive Mind: A Randomized Controlled Neuroelectrophysiological Study
• Date of first enrolment: October 2008
• Target sample size: 100
• Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00988702
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Contacts

• Name: Agnes S Chan, PhD
• Affiliation: The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- healthy controls

- age 20 to 60 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- history of head injury,

- seizure,

- stroke,

- other CNS diseases or psychiatric illnesses of psychosis or mania.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Attention

Electroencephalography

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Dan Tian Breathing

Behavioral: Progressive muscle training

Primary Outcome(s)

Quantitative electroencephalography [Time Frame: Before and after one month's training]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Bio-physiological measures [Time Frame: Before and after one month's training]

Secondary ID(s)

Chanwuyi-0006

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Chinese University of Hong Kong