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SynthesisFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2020

Current Evidence on Traditional Chinese Exercises for Quality of Life in Patients With Essential Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Yang Song, Jialin Li, Bíró István, Rongrong Xuan, Sheng Wei, Guanghui Zhong, Yaodong Gu

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Synthesis in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yang SongFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Jialin LiMedical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Bíró IstvánDoctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences, Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary.
Rongrong XuanMedical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Sheng WeiNingbo Municipal Hospital of T.C.M., Ningbo, China.
Guanghui ZhongNingbo Municipal Hospital of T.C.M., Ningbo, China.
Yaodong GuFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Ningbo University · CNUniversity of Szeged · HU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Essential hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases seen in primary human health care that could lead to various health problems and reduce the quality of life (QOL). This study was performed to evaluate the effects of traditional Chinese exercises (TCE) on QOL in patients with essential hypertension. Three English databases and one Chinese database were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) until August 2020. A total of 13 RCTs with 1,361 hypertensive patients met the inclusion criteria, 10 trials employed Tai Chi and 3 trials employed Qigong, including Dongeui Qinggong, Yijinjing, and Wuqinxi. Despite a large heterogeneity within studies, it is demonstrated that TCE may be an effective therapy to improve the QOL of hypertensive patients. More specific, compared with no intervention, the meta-analysis presented that Tai Chi significantly improved both the physical and mental component of the 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) QOL scale, and it was found that the simplified 24-form Tai Chi with a frequency of 30-50 min per session at five to eight sessions per week was the most commonly used setting. The pooling also revealed that Tai Chi and Qigong had some significantly positive effects on QOL based on other scales. However, more rigorously designed RCTs are warranted for further verification. This systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs demonstrated that Tai Chi may be an effective therapy to improve the QOL of patients with essential hypertension. All these findings provide helpful information for hypertensive patients and medical personnel.

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essential hypertensionmeta-analysisquality of liferandomized controlled trialtraditional Chinese exercises

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PMID33553269
PMCPMC7854897
OpenAlexW3125760153

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