eCAM Advance Access originally published online on August 12, 2006
eCAM 2007 4(1):107-113; doi:10.1093/ecam/nel050
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Tai Chi for Tension Headaches
1Center for East West Medicine, Department of Medicine and 2Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA and RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
This study examined whether a traditional low-impact mind–body exercise, Tai Chi, affects health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) and headache impact in an adult population suffering from tension-type headaches. Forty-seven participants were randomly assigned to either a 15 week intervention program of Tai Chi instruction or a wait-list control group. HRQOL (SF-36v2) and headache status (HIT-6TM) were obtained at baseline and at 5, 10 and 15 weeks post-baseline during the intervention period. Statistically significant (P < 0.05) improvements in favor of the intervention were present for the HIT score and the SF-36 pain, energy/fatigue, social functioning, emotional well-being and mental health summary scores. A 15 week intervention of Tai Chi practice was effective in reducing headache impact and also effective in improving perceptions of some aspects of physical and mental health.
Keywords: complementary and alternative medicine – health-related quality-of-life – integrative medicine – Tai Chi – tension-type headache – traditional Chinese medicine
For reprints and all correspondence: Ka-Kit Hui, UCLA, 2428 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 208, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA. Tel: +1-310-828-9358; Fax: +1-310-829-9318; E-mail: khui{at}mednet.ucla.edu
Received November 15, 2005; accepted June 19, 2006
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