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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Effects of Tai Chi Chuan on Cognitive Function in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Review.

Zhidong Cai, Wanting Jiang, Jilin Yin, Zhitong Chen, Jing Wang, Xing Wang

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Review 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 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhidong CaiSchool of Physical Education and Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Wanting JiangSchool of Physical Education and Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Jilin YinPhysical Education Department, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou 535011, China.
Zhitong ChenSchool of Physical Education and Health, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai 201620, China.
Jing WangSchool of Physical Education and Health, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai 201620, China.
Xing WangSchool of Physical Education and Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3230-3482
Shanghai University of Sport · CNShanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance · CNBeibu Gulf University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic and meta-analytic review aimed to investigate the effects of Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) on the cognitive function of the elderly with cognitive impairment and to analyze the moderators of these effects. We searched eight electronic databases for randomized controlled trials on the effects of TCC on cognitive function, published up to June 14, 2020. The PEDro scale was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the included literature. Stata14.0 software was used for meta-analysis, subgroup analysis, and publication bias testing. A total of 19 studies and 1,970 samples were included. The methodological quality of the included literature was fair to good, and there was no publication bias. Overall, the research shows that the effect of TCC on the elderly with cognitive impairment is statistically significant (SMD = 0.31,

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PMID33424991
PMCPMC7781704
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