ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015
Tai chi chuan for the primary prevention of stroke in middle-aged and elderly adults: a systematic review.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Determining the safety and effectiveness of Tai Chi: a critical overview of 210 systematic reviews of controlled clinical trials.Systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Tai Ji Quan as antihypertensive lifestyle therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2021Pooled it
- Mind-Body Therapies From Traditional Chinese Medicine: Evidence Map.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Physical Activity, All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality, and Cardiovascular Disease.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of Tai Chi Exercise on Balance Function of Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor basic research · 2018Pooled it
- Health benefits of tai chi: What is the evidence?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016Pooled it
- Effect of Traditional Chinese Exercise on Gait and Balance for Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Effect of Tai Chi on Cardiac and Static Pulmonary Function in Older Community-Dwelling Adults at Risk of Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2019Trial
- Evidence map of Tai Chi interventions for older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Effect of Tai Chi Yunshou training on the balance and motor functions of stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
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- Effects of Body Weight Support-Tai Chi Footwork Training on Balance Control and Walking Function in Stroke Survivors with Hemiplegia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Traditional Chinese Practice, A Promising Integrative Intervention for Chronic Non-Infectious Disease Management.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2018Article
- The effect of Tai Chi exercise on motor function and sleep quality in patients with stroke: A meta-analysis.International journal of nursing sciences · 2017Review
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- Martial Arts and Metabolic Diseases.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Review
- Effectiveness of Tai Chi for Health Promotion of Older Adults: A Scoping Review of Meta-Analyses.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Background. Stroke is a major healthcare problem with serious long-term disability and is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Prevention of stroke is considered an important strategy. Methods. Seven electronic databases were searched. Results. 36 eligible studies with a total of 2393 participants were identified. Primary outcome measures, TCC exercise combined with other intervention had a significant effect on decreasing the incidence of nonfatal stroke (n = 185, RR = 0.11, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.85, P = 0.03) and CCD (n = 125, RR = 0.33, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.96, P = 0.04). For the risk factors of stroke, pooled analysis demonstrated that TCC exercise was associated with lower body weight, BMI, FBG level, and decreasing SBP, DBP, plasma TC, and LDL-C level regardless of the intervention period less than half a year or more than one year and significantly raised HDL-C level in comparison to nonintervention. Compared with other treatments, TCC intervention on the basis of the same other treatments in patients with chronic disease also showed the beneficial effect on lowering blood pressure. Conclusion. The present systematic review indicates that TCC exercise is beneficially associated with the primary prevention of stroke in middle-aged and elderly adults by inversing the high risk factors of stroke.
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