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Trial reportComplementary therapies in clinical practice2020

Can Qigong improve non-motor symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease - A pilot randomized controlled trial?

Sanghee Moon, Caio V M Sarmento, Michael Steinbacher, Irina V Smirnova, Yvonne Colgrove, Sue-Min Lai, Kelly E Lyons, Wen Liu

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Trial report in Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 17 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanghee MoonDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: smoon@kumc.edu.
Caio V M SarmentoDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA; Department of Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA. Electronic address: caio@mail.fresnostate.edu.
Michael SteinbacherDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: msteinbacher2@kumc.edu.
Irina V SmirnovaDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: ismrinova@kumc.edu.
Yvonne ColgroveDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: ycolgrove@kumc.edu.
Sue-Min LaiDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: slai@kumc.edu.
Kelly E LyonsDepartment of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: klyons@kumc.edu.
Wen LiuDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. Electronic address: wliu@kumc.edu.
University of Kansas Medical Center · USCalifornia State University, Fresno · US

Funding

Assessment of Mind-body Intervention in Patients with PDR21HD094003 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LIU, WEN · 2018 to 2019
$383k
NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD094003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-motor symptoms (NMS) including sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and cognitive decline can significantly impact quality of life in people with PD. Qigong exercise is a mind-body exercise that shows a wide range of benefits in various medical conditions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Qigong exercise on NMS with a focus on sleep quality. Seventeen participants completed a 12-week intervention of Qigong (n = 8) or sham Qigong (n = 9). Disease severity, anxiety and depression levels, fatigue, cognition, quality of life, and other NMS of the participants were evaluated prior to the intervention and at the end of the 12-week intervention. After the intervention, both Qigong and sham-Qigong group showed significant improvement in sleep quality (p < 0.05) and overall NMS (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found between groups. Qigong exercise has the potential as a rehabilitation method for people with PD, specifically alleviating NMS in PD. However, this finding needs to be carefully considered due to the small sample size and potentially low intervention fidelity of this study.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedParkinson DiseasePilot ProjectsQigongQuality of LifeResearch DesignSleepSleep Wake DisordersMind–body exerciseParkinson's diseaseQigongSix healing soundsSleep

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PMID32379638
PMCPMC7607921
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