ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
Effects of Wuqinxi in the Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Effect of qigong on pain and disability in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for low back pain in China: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of traditional Chinese exercise for obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for chronic, non-specific low back pain: systematic review with network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Pooled it
- Optimal modes of mind-body exercise for treating chronic non-specific low back pain: Systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Global Research on Neuropathic Pain Rehabilitation over the Last 20 Years.Neural plasticity · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of Wuqinxi Qigong with Stretching on Single- and Dual-Task Gait, Motor Symptoms and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease: A Preliminary Randomized Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Propagating wellness: understanding the communication mechanisms of yoga and Wuqinxi (five animal frolics) via Lasswell's 5W framework.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Effects of Tuina combined with traditional Chinese exercises on function disability in patients with lumbar disc herniation: a multicentre, randomised, controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Clinical efficacy of Tuina therapy combined with traditional Chinese exercises in the treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: a multicentre randomised controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Imbalances in the Content of Sleep and Pain Assessments in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Traditional Chinese Rehabilitation Exercise (TCRE) for Myofascial Pain: Current Evidence and Further Challenges.Journal of pain research · 2024Review
- The effect and mechanism of traditional Chinese exercise for chronic low back pain in middle-aged and elderly patients: A systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Review
- The effect ofAmerican journal of translational research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the major concerns of the current health care. The guidelines for chronic LBP recommend traditional Chinese exercise as an effective treatment. As one of the representatives of traditional Chinese exercise, Wuqinxi has been famous in China for its effects on improving health and treating chronic diseases for thousands of years. The objectives of the study were to assess the effects of Wuqinxi in the patients with chronic LBP on pain intensity, trunk muscle strength, and quality of life. The primary outcome measure was assessed by the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), including the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Present Pain Intensity (PPI) as the subtables. The effects of Wuqinxi on the quality of life were also assessed by the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) from physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS), and sleep quality. Besides, the electrical activities of the rectus abdominis (RA), obliquus externus abdominis (OEA), lumbar erector spinae (ES), and multifidus (MF) were assessed by integrated electromyogram (iEMG) after the end of the intervention. Both the groups showed statistically significant improvement in SF-MPQ, SF-36, PSQI, and iEMG at 12 weeks and 24 weeks when compared with baseline (
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