ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2013
Effect of Tai Chi versus walking on oxidative stress in Mexican older adults.
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- An RCT META analysis based on the efficacy of Tai Chi exercise therapy on blood pressure and blood lipids in patients with essential hypertension.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Tai Chi on Markers of Oxidative Stress: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Integrative Strategies for Preventing and Managing Metabolic Syndrome: The Impact of Exercise and Diet on Oxidative Stress Reduction-A Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of Traditional Chinese Exercise on Oxidative Stress in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Network Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Diabetes and hypertension: Pivotal involvement of purinergic signaling.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2021Review
- Tai Chi Improves Brain Functional Connectivity and Plasma Lysophosphatidylcholines in Postmenopausal Women With Knee Osteoarthritis: An Exploratory Pilot Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Oxidative Stress Risk Is Increased with a Sedentary Lifestyle during Aging in Mexican Women.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Article
- Effects of Qigong exercise on muscle strengths and oxidative stress/antioxidant responses in young sedentary females: a quasi-experimental study.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Oxidative Stress Indexes for Diagnosis of Health or Disease in Humans.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Review
- Effects of exercise on markers of oxidative stress: an Ancillary analysis of the Alberta Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention Trial.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2016Article
- Tai chi chuan for the primary prevention of stroke in middle-aged and elderly adults: a systematic review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- Effect of yoga on oxidative stress in elderly with grade-I hypertension: a randomized controlled study.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2014Article
- Tai Chi exercise increases SOD activity and total antioxidant status in saliva and is linked to an improvement of periodontal disease in the elderly.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2014Article
- Relationship Between Aerobic Capacity With Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Biomarkers in the Blood of Older Mexican Urban-Dwelling Population.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis SocietyArticle
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Abstract
It has recently been reported that the practice of Tai Chi reduces oxidative stress (OxS), but it is not clear whether walking or Tai Chi produces a greater antioxidant effect. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the practice of Tai Chi and walking on markers for OxS. We carried out a quasi-experimental study with 106 older adults between 60 and 74 years of age who were clinically healthy and divided into the following groups: (i) control group (n = 23), (ii) walking group (n = 43), and (iii) Tai Chi group (n = 31). We measured the levels of lipoperoxides (LPO), antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and total antioxidant status (TAS) pre- and post-intervention in all subjects. The data were subjected to a covariant analysis. We found lower levels of LPO in the Tai Chi group compared with the walking group (Tai Chi, 0.261 ± 0.02; walking, 0.331 ± 0.02; control, 0.304 ± 0.023 µmol/L; P = 0.05). Likewise, we observed significantly higher SOD activity and lower OxS-score in the Tai Chi group (P < 0.05). Our findings suggest that the practice of Tai Chi produces a more effective antioxidant effect than walking.
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