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SynthesisBioMed research international2021

Effects of Tai Chi on Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Run Lin, Shaoyang Cui, Juan Yang, Huijun Yang, Zitong Feng, Dietlind L Wahner-Roedler, Xuan Zhou, Manisha Salinas, Molly J Mallory, Alexander Do and 5 more

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Synthesis in BioMed research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

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

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  11. The Science of Tai Chi andJournal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025
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  15. CanHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Run LinShenzhen Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-2535
Shaoyang CuiShenzhen Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6723-7465
Juan YangDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0850-679X
Huijun YangShenzhen Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-083X
Zitong FengClinical Medical College of Acupuncture Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-6476
Dietlind L Wahner-RoedlerDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5974-0578
Xuan ZhouFormula-Pattern Research Center, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-4579
Manisha SalinasDivision of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-6385
Molly J MalloryDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3646-4179
Alexander DoDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0446-2985
Sara E BublitzDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8329-5737
Tony Y ChonDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-0731
Chunzhi TangClinical Medical College of Acupuncture Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3127-578X
Brent A BauerDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3453-6906
Mingzhu XuShenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0467-6086

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

designRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) from multiple databases from inception to December 2020 published in English were searched. Two researchers independently performed eligible study screening and data extraction. The methodological quality was assessed with the Jadad score. Meta-analysis of RCTs on TC in the treatment of MCI was performed with RevMan Version 5.4.1.

resultsSeven RCTs with 1265 participants were included. For most RCTs, the overall reporting of methodological quality was high. Results of the meta-analysis indicate that TC improved MCI patients' cognitive function significantly, including overall cognitive function (MD = -2.24, 95% CI -3.51 to -0.97,

conclusionThe meta-analysis confirmed the clinical therapeutic effect of TC for MCI. More rigorous and long-term follow-up RCTs should be conducted in the future.

Indexed as

Tai JiAgedAged, 80 and overCognitionCognitive DysfunctionExerciseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Identifiers

PMID33977103
PMCPMC8087475

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