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SynthesisScientific reports2015

Effect of traditional Chinese exercise on the quality of life and depression for chronic diseases: a meta-analysis of randomised trials.

Xueqiang Wang, Yanling Pi, Binglin Chen, Peijie Chen, Yu Liu, Ru Wang, Xin Li, Yi Zhu, Yujie Yang, Zhanbin Niu

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Xueqiang WangDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Yanling PiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Punan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Binglin ChenDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Peijie ChenDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Yu LiuKey Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Ru WangKey Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Xin LiDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Yi ZhuRehabilitation therapy center, Hainan Province Nongken General Hospital, Haikou, 15 China.
Yujie YangSecond School of Clinical Medical, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Zhanbin NiuKey Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Chinese exercise (TCE) has many uses in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. However, there is no consensus regarding the benefit of TCE for chronic diseases. Our objective is to examine the effect of TCE on the quality of life and depression for chronic diseases by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We only cover published RCTs. The outcome measures included quality of life and depression. Sixty articles with a total of 4311 patients were included. The pooling revealed that TCE could improve the SF-36 physical function subscale in the short term [SMD (95% CI) = 0.35 (0.13, 0.56), P = 0.002] and mid-term [SMD (95% CI) = 0.49 (0.12, 0.85), P = 0.009], GHQ [SMD (95% CI) = -0.68 (-1.26, -0.09), P = 0.02], the Center for Epidemiologic Studies depression scale in the short term [SMD (95% CI) = -0.86 (-1.42, -0.31), P = 0.002] and mid-term [SMD (95% CI) = -0.41 (-0.64, -0.18), P < 0.001]. The meta-analysis of RCT demonstrates that TCE can significantly improve the quality of life and depression of patients with chronic diseases. These findings provide useful information for patients with chronic diseases as well as for medical staff.

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ExerciseQuality of LifeCardiovascular DiseasesChronic DiseaseDepressionDiabetes MellitusExercise Movement TechniquesHumansMusculoskeletal DiseasesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRespiration Disorders

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