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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Tai Chi and Qigong Practices for Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Xiankun Chen, Gianluigi Savarese, Yiyi Cai, Liuling Ma, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Wei Jiang, Zehuai Wen, Weihui Lu, Gaetano Marrone

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. Immunomodulatory Effects in Healthy Individuals Following a 4-Week Taoist Qigong Intervention: A Comparative Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xiankun ChenDepartment of Global Public Health, Health Systems and Policy, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0353-4185
Gianluigi SavareseDepartment of Medicine, Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
Yiyi CaiThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 510405 Guangzhou, China.
Liuling MaThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 510405 Guangzhou, China.
Cecilia Stålsby LundborgDepartment of Global Public Health, Health Systems and Policy, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Wei JiangThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 510405 Guangzhou, China.
Zehuai WenKey Unit of Methodology in Clinical Research, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, 510120 Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-2047
Weihui LuThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 510405 Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7754-2682
Gaetano MarroneDepartment of Global Public Health, Health Systems and Policy, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have assessed the role of Tai Chi and Qigong Practices (TQPs) in managing chronic heart failure (CHF). They have included broad variations in comparators, sample sizes, and results. This study evaluates existing RCTs for evidence of TQPs rehabilitation effects for CHF.

methodsBoth English and Chinese databases were searched from their inception to October 23, 2019. RCTs were included if they compared the addition of TQPs into routine managements (RMs) to RMs alone or compared TQPs to general exercise, with RMs as a consistent cointervention in both groups. Data were screened and extracted independently using predesigned forms. RCT quality was assessed with the Cochrane tool. The primary outcomes were peak oxygen consumption (VO

resultsA total of 33 RCTs with 2,465 patients were included in the systematic review. Compared to the RMs alone, TQPs plus RMs improved VO

conclusionsConsidering that there are low costs, multiple physical benefits, and no equipment required, TQPs are a promising rehabilitation therapy, as an adjunct to routine pharmacotherapies or as an alternative to conventional exercises, especially in home-based settings.

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PMCPMC7755480

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