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The effect of Baduanjin exercise for physical and psychological wellbeing of college students: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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- Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Physical and Psychological Health of College Students: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.PloS one · 2015Trial
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- Efficacy and safety of combined Baduanjin-auricular acupressure treatment for the postoperative rehabilitation of patients with non-small cell lung cancer: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
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- The Effect of Long-Term Learning of BaduanJin on Emotion Regulation: Evidence from Resting-State Frontal EEG Asymmetry.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Editorial: Moving the mind, thinking the body: new insights on the mind-body connection from the neuroscience of movement, sports, arts, yoga, and meditation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Acute effect of breathing exercises on muscle tension and executive function under psychological stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- A simultaneous electroencephalography and eye-tracking dataset in elite athletes during alertness and concentration tasks.Scientific data · 2022Article
- The effect of the Baduanjin exercise on COVID-19-related anxiety, psychological well-being and lower back pain of college students during the pandemic.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Inverted U-Shaped Relationship between Physical Activity and Academic Achievement among Chinese Adolescents: On the Mediating Role of Physical and Mental Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Shi's Daoyin Therapy for Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Qualitative Evaluation of Baduanjin (Traditional Chinese Qigong) on Health Promotion among an Elderly Community Population at Risk for Ischemic Stroke.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Choosing sensitivity analyses for randomised trials: principles.BMC medical research methodology · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe physical and mental health of college students tends to continuously decline around the world. Since they are in a significant transition period which presents opportunities and challenges in health promotion, it is important to improve their health in this period. As a traditional Chinese exercise form which combines movements with breath and mind, Baduanjin may be one of the selectable effective exercises. However, evidence of Baduanjin exercise for college students has not been completely established. The primary aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Baduanjin exercise for physical and mental health of college students through a rigorous randomization, parallel-controlled design. METHOD/
designWe will conduct a randomized, single-blind, parallel-controlled trial. A total of 222 college students from Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine who meet the eligibility criteria will be recruited and randomly allocated into Baduanjin training or usual exercise control group. Baduanjin training will last 12 weeks (1 h per day, 5 days per week). The physical and psychological outcomes, including lumbar muscle strength, lumbar proprioception function, physical fitness, as well as self-reported symptom intensity, stress, self-esteem, mood, quality of life, quality of sleep, and adverse events, will be evaluated by blinded outcome assessors at baseline, 13 weeks (at the end of intervention), and 25 weeks (after the 12-week follow-up period). DISCUSSION: This protocol presents an objective design of a randomized, single-blind trial that aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Baduanjin exercise for physical and mental health of college students. If the outcome is positive, the results will provide higher-quality evidence to better inform the college students regarding their selection about whether to receive such exercise.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR-TRC-13003329. Registration date: 18 July, 2013.
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