Taichi for Overweight/Obese Adolescent and Young Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: Self-monitored exercise; Behavioral: Taichi

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02608554

Taichi for PCOS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study is a randomized pilot study, overweight/obese adolescent and young PCOS subjects will be assigned into two groups: Taichi arm and control arm. Hormonal profile and metabolic profile will be determined.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women aged between 19 and 35 years;
• Diagnosis of PCOS according to the modified Rotterdam criteria;
• 2 years after menarche;
• Body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 23 kg/m*m.

Exclusion criteria

• Administration of other medications known to affect reproductive function or metabolism within the past three months, including oral contraceptives, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists and antagonists, anti androgens, gonadotropins, anti-obesity drugs, Chinese herbal medicines, anti diabetic drugs such as metformin and thiazolidinediones, somatostatin, diazoxide, and calcium channel blockers.
• Patients with other endocrine disorder including 21-hydroxylase deficiency, hyperprolactinemia, uncorrected thyroid disease, suspected Cushing's syndrome.
• Patients with known severe organ dysfunction or mental illness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Taichi

Experimental group

Description:

The 24 forms of simplified TCC recommended as the popular health sport by the General Administration of Sport of China were applied.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Taichi

Self-monitored exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Exercise was self-monitored and consisted of brisk walking, cycling, jogging, or any other aerobic exercise.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-monitored exercise