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SynthesisJournal of the American Heart Association2016

Traditional Chinese Exercise for Cardiovascular Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Xue-Qiang Wang, Yan-Ling Pi, Pei-Jie Chen, Yu Liu, Ru Wang, Xin Li, Bing-Lin Chen, Yi Zhu, Yu-Jie Yang, Zhan-Bin Niu

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Synthesis in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xue-Qiang WangDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Shangti Orthopaedic Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Yan-Ling PiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Punan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Pei-Jie ChenDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China chenpeijie@sus.edu.cn.
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.
Bing-Lin ChenDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Yi ZhuRehabilitation Therapy Center, Hainan Province Nongken General Hospital, Haikou, China.
Yu-Jie YangSecond School of Clinical Medical, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Zhan-Bin NiuKey Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai University of Sport · CNHainan General Hospital · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNPunan Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTraditional Chinese exercise (TCE) has widespread use for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease; however, there appears to be no consensus about the benefits of TCE for patients with cardiovascular disease. The objective of this systematic review was to determine the effects of TCE for patients with cardiovascular disease. METHODS AND

resultsRelevant studies were searched by PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure. We covered only published articles with randomized controlled trials. The outcome measures included physiological outcomes, biochemical outcomes, physical function, quality of life, and depression. A total of 35 articles with 2249 cardiovascular disease patients satisfied the inclusion criteria. The pooling revealed that TCE could decrease systolic blood pressure by 9.12 mm Hg (95% CI -16.38 to -1.86, P=0.01) and diastolic blood pressure by 5.12 mm Hg (95% CI -7.71 to -2.52, P<0.001). Patients performing TCE also found benefits compared with those in the control group in terms of triglyceride (standardized mean difference -0.33, 95% CI -0.56 to -0.09, P=0.006), 6-minute walk test (mean difference 59.58 m, 95% CI -153.13 to 269.93, P=0.03), Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire results (mean difference -17.08, 95% CI -23.74 to -10.41, P<0.001), 36-Item Short Form physical function scale (mean difference 0.82, 95% CI 0.32-1.33, P=0.001), and Profile of Mood States depression scale (mean difference -3.02, 95% CI -3.50 to -2.53, P<0.001).

conclusionsThis study demonstrated that TCE can effectively improve physiological outcomes, biochemical outcomes, physical function, quality of life, and depression among patients with cardiovascular disease. More high-quality randomized controlled trials on this topic are warranted.

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Medicine, Chinese TraditionalTai JiBiomarkersBlood PressureCardiovascular DiseasesChi-Square DistributionDepressionExercise ToleranceHealth StatusHumansLipidsQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeBiomarkersLipidscardiovascular diseaseexercisemeta‐analysisrehabilitation

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PMID26961239
PMCPMC4943241
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