ArticleScientific reports2017
Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin practice modulates functional connectivity of the cognitive control network in older adults.
Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04019301 (Caring for Caregivers With Mind-body Exercise), which is not on this map. Cited by 91 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Caring for Caregivers With Mind-body Exercise
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91 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of traditional Chinese exercises on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of different physical activity interventions on executive function in older adults with dementia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Baduanjin exercise on cognitive impairment in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Taichi on the brain: an activation likelihood estimated meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging data.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- The effectiveness of Tai Chi for patients with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- The neurobiological effects of mind-body exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- The effects of different types of Tai Chi exercise on anxiety and depression in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of traditional Chinese mind-body exercises on older adults with cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Mind-body therapies for older adults with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The Comparative Effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine Exercise Therapies in Elderly People With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Baduanjin exercise: A potential promising therapy toward osteoporosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Chronic effects of different exercise types on brain activity in healthy older adults and those with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of traditional Chinese exercise on patients with cognitive impairment: A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2021Pooled it
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- Neural correlates of exercise training in individuals with schizophrenia and in healthy individuals: A systematic review.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2018Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine qigong exercise on motor and non-motor outcomes in Parkinson's disease: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Assessment of cognitive-motor functions in adults with perceived neuropsychological problems using NIH toolbox after remote biofield energy treatment as non-pharmacological intervention: A randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2024Trial
- Effects of Baduanjin exercise on cognitive frailty, oxidative stress, and chronic inflammation in older adults with cognitive frailty: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Clinical Effectiveness of Cognitively Enhanced Tai Ji Quan Training on Global Cognition and Dual-Task Performance During Walking in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Self-Reported Memory Concerns : A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of internal medicine · 2023Trial
- Qigong exercise enhances cognitive functions in the elderly via an interleukin-6-hippocampus pathway: A randomized active-controlled trial.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2021Trial
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Abstract
Cognitive impairment is one of the most common problem saffecting older adults. In this study, we investigated whether Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin practice can modulate mental control functionand the resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the cognitive control network in older adults. Participants in the two exercise groups practiced either Tai Chi Chuan or Baduanjin for 12 weeks, and those in the control group received basic health education. Memory tests and fMRI scans were conducted at baseline and at the end of the study. Seed-based (bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, DLPFC) rsFC analysis was performed. We found that compared to the controls, 1) both Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin groups demonstrated significant improvements in mental control function; 2) the Tai Chi Chuan group showed a significant decrease in rsFC between the DLPFC and the left superior frontal gyrus (SFG) and anterior cingulate cortex; and 3) the Baduanjin group showed a significant decrease in rsFC between the DLPFC and the left putamen and insula. Mental control improvement was negatively associated with rsFC DLPFC-putamen changes across all subjects. These findings demonstrate the potential of Tai Chi Chuan and Baduanjin exercises in preventing cognitive decline.
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