PMID- 30235685
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20181003
LR  - 20221005
IS  - 1536-5964 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Print)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Linking)
VI  - 97
IP  - 38
DP  - 2018 Sep
TI  - The effect of Three-Circle Post Standing (Zhanzhuang) Qigong on the physical and 
      psychological well-being of college students: Study protocol for a randomized 
      controlled trial.
PG  - e12323
LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000012323 [doi]
LID - e12323
AB  - BACKGROUND: The physical and mental health of college students tends to 
      continuously decline around the world due to lifestyle or behavior habits 
      changes, and pervasive presence of the Internet. Thus it is urgent to improve 
      their health in college life. As a traditional Qigong form is practiced mainly in 
      a standing posture. Three-Circle Post Standing Qigong (TCPSQ) is suitable for 
      regular practicing and has beneficial effects on improving the physiological 
      function and psychological emotion by adjusting body, breathing, and mind. The 
      aim of the 3 adjustments is to achieve a state of harmonious unity-integrating 
      these adjustments into "one." In this study protocol article, we will 
      systematically explore the effectiveness and safety, feasibility of TCPSQ on 
      physical and psychological outcomes of the college students and deeply understand 
      the state of harmonious unity-integrating adjustments of body, breath, and mind 
      into "one." METHOD/DESIGN: We will conduct a randomized, assessor, and 
      statistician blinded, parallel-controlled trial comparing the beneficial effect 
      of TCPSQ in college students. A total of 80 eligible college students from the 
      Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM) will be recruited and randomly 
      allocated into TCPSQ training or unaltered lifestyle control group according 1:1 
      allocation ratio with allocation concealment. TCPSQ intervention will last 10 
      weeks. The study period is 18 weeks including a 10-week supervised intervention 
      and a 8-week follow-up. The relevant physical and psychological outcomes, adverse 
      events, and safety will be evaluated at baseline, 6 weeks (at the mid-point of 
      intervention), 11 weeks (at the end of intervention), and 19 weeks (after the 
      8-week follow-up period) by blinded independent outcome assessors. DISCUSSION: 
      This is the first randomized controlled trial protocol from the perspective of 
      Qigong connotation to systematically investigate the effect of TCPSQ for the 
      physical and mental health of a college student population. If the results in our 
      study prove a significant intervention effect, this would provide preliminary 
      higher-quality evidence and establish an optimal guidance for the application of 
      TCPSQ exercise program among a college student population. ETHICS AND 
      DISSEMINATION: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Beijing 
      University of Chinese Medicine (approval number: 2018BZHYLL0109). A SPIRIT 
      checklist is available for this protocol. The trial was registered in Chinese 
      Clinical Trial Registry (WHO ICTRP member). Registration number: 
      ChiCTR-BON-17010840.
FAU - Guo, Yu
AU  - Guo Y
AD  - School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese 
      Medicine, Beijing Ovation Health Science and Technology Co. Ltd, ENN Group, 
      Langfang School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Chengdu University of 
      Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu International Liaison Department, World 
      Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Beijing, China.
FAU - Xu, Mingmin
AU  - Xu M
FAU - Zhang, Jialei
AU  - Zhang J
FAU - Hu, Qingchuan
AU  - Hu Q
FAU - Zhou, Zhengkun
AU  - Zhou Z
FAU - Wei, Zeren
AU  - Wei Z
FAU - Yan, Jian
AU  - Yan J
FAU - Chen, Yue
AU  - Chen Y
FAU - Lyu, Jianxuan
AU  - Lyu J
FAU - Shao, Xiaoqian
AU  - Shao X
FAU - Wang, Ying
AU  - Wang Y
FAU - Guo, Jiamei
AU  - Guo J
FAU - Wei, Yulong
AU  - Wei Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - United States
TA  - Medicine (Baltimore)
JT  - Medicine
JID - 2985248R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Electroencephalography
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Rate
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mental Health
MH  - Postural Balance
MH  - Posture
MH  - Qigong/*methods
MH  - Research Design
MH  - Respiration
MH  - Single-Blind Method
MH  - Students/*psychology
MH  - *Universities
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC6160034
COIS- This study is independent from the sponsor and competing interests. The authors 
      have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
EDAT- 2018/09/22 06:00
MHDA- 2018/10/04 06:00
PMCR- 2018/09/21
CRDT- 2018/09/22 06:00
PHST- 2018/09/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/09/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/10/04 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 00005792-201809210-00033 [pii]
AID - MD-D-18-05676 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000012323 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Sep;97(38):e12323. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000012323.