Trial reportInternational journal of behavioral medicine2016
Acute Effects on the Counts of Innate and Adaptive Immune Response Cells After 1 Month of Taoist Qigong Practice.
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- The effects of adapted mind-body exercises on physical function, quality of life and wellbeing for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Pooled it
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- The Science of Tai Chi andJournal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of the Prolong Life With Nine Turn-Method Qigong on Fatigue, Insomnia, Anxiety, and Gastrointestinal Disorders in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- What improvements do general exercise training and traditional Chinese exercises have on knee osteoarthritis? A narrative review based on biological mechanisms and clinical efficacy.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Immunomodulatory Effects in Healthy Individuals Following a 4-Week Taoist Qigong Intervention: A Comparative Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Understanding the dynamics of inflammatory mediators in response to mind-body movement therapies (MBMTs): A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in healthy subjects.Brain behavior and immunity integrative · 2023Article
- Utilization of Mind-Body Intervention for Integrative Health Care of COVID-19 Patients and Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Mindfulness Meditation Interventions for Long COVID: Biobehavioral Gene Expression and Neuroimmune Functioning.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Review
- Traditional Chinese exercise potential role as prevention and adjuvant therapy in patients with COVID-19.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2021Review
- Qigong for the Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of COVID-19 Infection in Older Adults.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2020Review
- The Effects of Tai Chi and Qigong on Immune Responses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Qigong and Musculoskeletal Pain.Current rheumatology reports · 2019Review
- Acute Physiological and Psychological Effects of Qigong Exercise in Older Practitioners.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN BOOSTING IMMUNE RESPONSE: AN OPTIMAL EFFORT FOR TACKLING INFECTION.African journal of infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Qigong Exercise and Arthritis.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundQigong is an ancient form of health maintenance, dating back thousands of years, which is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Numerous physical as well as mental benefits have been classically ascribed to this traditional mind-body method which integrates slow body movements, breathing, and meditation. Albeit we have already reported an immunomodulatory action of qigong in other investigations, measures were then assessed 1 day after the qigong program ended. PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to assess the acute effects of Taoist qigong practice on immune cell counts in healthy subjects 1 h after training.
methodForty-three healthy subjects participated in the study of whom 25 were randomly allocated to the experimental group and 18 to the control group. The experimental subjects underwent daily qigong training for 1 month. Blood samples for the quantification of immune parameters (number and percentage of monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, total lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, and natural killer (NK) cells) were taken the day before the experiment commenced and 1 h after the last session of the training program ended. As statistical analysis, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was performed.
resultsStatistically significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups, with the experimental group showing higher values in the number (p = 0.006) and the percentage (p = 0.04) of B lymphocytes, as well as lower values in the percentage of NK cells (p = 0.05), as compared to control.
conclusionThis study demonstrates that Taoist qigong is able to exert acute immunomodulatory effects on components of both innate as well as adaptive immune response.
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