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ReviewComplementary therapies in clinical practice2021

Traditional Chinese exercise potential role as prevention and adjuvant therapy in patients with COVID-19.

Sha Yang, Tianyu Liu, Jing Xiong, Yuke Teng, Yuyi Guo, Shuguang Yu, Fang Zeng

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Review in Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sha YangSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina /The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610075, China.
Tianyu LiuSchool of Sport, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610075, China.
Jing XiongSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina /The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610075, China.
Yuke TengSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina /The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610075, China.
Yuyi GuoSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina /The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610075, China.
Shuguang YuSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina /The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610075, China. Electronic address: ysg@cdutcm.edu.cn.edu.cn.
Fang ZengSchool of Acupuncture and Tuina /The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610075, China. Electronic address: zengfang@cdutcm.edu.cn.
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epidemic situation of COVID-19 is a great public health emergency worldwide characterized by fastest spreading, widest infection range and the mostly difficult to prevent and control in recent years. According to medical experience, traditional Chinese exercises (TCE) have been applied for COVID-19 prevention, adjuvant treatment or rehabilitation, and achieved some curative effects. They can enhance the body immunity, improve the function of organs, especially cardiopulmonary function, promote physical and mental rehabilitation by adjusting the body, regulating the breath, regulating the mind. This paper aims to investigate the potential value of TCE for health preservation in the prevention and adjuvant treatment for COVID-19 according to an overview of application and analysis of existing evidence. On this basis, this review proposed the TCE plan by visiting clinical and practice experts, so as to provide some references for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 with TCE in the world.

Indexed as

COVID-19ChinaExerciseExercise TherapyHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Health preservationPractice protocolTraditional Chinese exercise

Identifiers

PMID33839522
PMCPMC8017910
OpenAlexW3147400948

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