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The effect of Imagination Working (meditation) Qigong on the psychological well-being of college students: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Research of Imagination Working (meditation) Qigong's relieving uneasiness of mind and body tranquilization and dispelling melancholy and molecular mechanism

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-BON-17010848
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2017-03-13
Start date
2018-09-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-09-24

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Conditions

None

Interventions

Group 1:Imagination Working Qigong
Group 2:none

Sponsors

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 25 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) be college students, be a fulltime student at first or second grade ,be aged 18 to 25 years; (2) be right-handed; (3) be voluntarily participate in this research; (4) be able to provide the written informed consent form for participation in the trial and take part in Three-Circle Post Standing Qigong training on time; (5) be truthfully fill out the training record form and cooperate with the physical and psychological outcomes measure.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Being or having been engaged in a long-term regular practice of meditation Qigong or other forms of Qigong or athletic sports; (2) Being a member of the Martial Arts Association, Dance Association, Aerobics Association, Sanda Association, or Taekwondo Association, and so forth; (3) Those who have family history of psychosis, neurasthenia, stress disorder, personality disturbance, mental sickness induced by taking psychoactive substances; (4) Those who have suffered from malignant tumor, severe consumptive disease, cerebrovascular disease, communicable disease, mental illness, and severe cardiovascular, liver, kidney, gastrointestinal and hematological diseases, musculoskeletal system diseases, or other contraindication to mild to moderate physical exertion; (5) Those who used antipsychotic drugs or anti insomnia drugs at a month before the start of the study; (6) Those who with a metal or heart pacemaker implanted in the body; (7) Those who being or having been participated in other clinical trials that affect the physical and psychological outcomes of this study. (8) Those who inability to comprehend and complete the study assessments or comply with the study instructions.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
bioelectrical activity of cortical neurons;anxiety;depression;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Change of gene expression in peripheral blood leucocyte including lncRNA and mRNA expression;personality;quality of sleep;self-evaluation of Qigong training;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYulong Wei

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

wyl_5128@163.com+86 010-64286724

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026