TAI CHI EXERCISE FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN AND DISABILITY IN PEOPLE WITH PERSISTENT LOW BACK PAIN: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL

摘要

The study is a two-armed parallel randomised clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of a 10 week Tai Chi (TC) program on sufferers of persistent non-specific low back pain. The 160 participants were screened and then randomly allocated to either a TC intervention (n = 80) or a waiting list control group (n = 80). The results from this study showed that those who received the TC intervention had a significantly lower score of perceived pain through the primary measure of the bothersomeness of pain and secondary outcome measures using Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, Pain Disability Index and the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale.