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The effect of Baduanjin exercise on health-related physical fitness of college students: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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- The effects of Baduanjin exercise on the psychological condition and heart rate variability of sports-disadvantaged college students: A randomised trial.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Trial
- Impact of traditional Chinese Baduanjin exercise on menstrual health among international female students studying in China: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- The effect of Baduanjin exercise on health-related physical fitness of college students: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- The Role of Plant-Based Protein Functional Food in Preventing Acute Respiratory Disease: A Case Study.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Lifestyle in Nursing Students: Physical Activity Level, Diet Quality, Body Composition, and Cardiovascular Risk (ABSI).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association between daily movement behaviors and optimal physical fitness of university students: a compositional data analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Effect of Long-Term Learning of BaduanJin on Emotion Regulation: Evidence from Resting-State Frontal EEG Asymmetry.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Actual experience of the training effect of Baduanjin on patients with hemiplegic limb dysfunctions after cerebral infarction: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Positive RT-PCR Test Results in 420 Patients Recovered From COVID-19 in Wuhan: An Observational Study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundLow health-related physical fitness in college students is a risk factor for future development of cardiovascular diseases at later stages in life, but appropriate exercise is one of the main determinant factors of health-related physical fitness. Previous studies have showed that Baduanjin exercise is beneficial in improving sleep quality, mental health, body flexibility, and body physique. However, the evidence is unclear whether Baduanjin exercise can be recommended as an effective exercise to promote health-related physical fitness of college students. METHODS/
designOne hundred twenty college students will be recruited and randomly allocated to either the Baduanjin exercise or the control group at a ratio of 1:1. The students in the Baduanjin exercise group will receive a 12-week supervised Baduanjin exercise training intervention with a frequency of 1 h each day and 4 days per week, while those in the control group will not receive any specific exercise intervention and will be informed to maintain their original lifestyle for 12 weeks. The primary outcome of health-related physical fitness involving measurements of body flexibility, muscular strength, cardiopulmonary fitness, and body endurance will be measured at baseline and after the 12-week intervention period. Mixed linear models will be used to analyze the effect of the Baduanjin exercise intervention on the health-related physical fitness of college students. DISCUSSION: This is the first trial to evaluate the effects of Baduanjin exercise on health-related physical fitness in college students. If the results are as expected, they will provide evidence of Baduanjin exercise in promoting health-related physical fitness in young adults.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR-IOR-17013011 . Registered on 17 November 2017.
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