ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Relaxation or Regulation: The Acute Effect of Mind-Body Exercise on Heart Rate Variability and Subjective State in Experienced Qi Gong Practitioners.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Global perspectives and clinical trends in Qigong research: a bibliometric and visual analysis (2005-2025).Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Baduanjin exercise: A potential promising therapy toward osteoporosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Exploring the impact of integrated polyvagal exercises and knee reinforcement in females with grade II knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- More relaxing than nature? The impact of ASMR content on psychological and physiological measures of parasympathetic activity.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2025Article
- Single-case report: dynamic changes in cardiac function during shamanic journeying and Qigong meditation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Actual experience of the training effect of Baduanjin on patients with hemiplegic limb dysfunctions after cerebral infarction: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Yoga Therapy as an Intervention to Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Adults After Treatment for Cancer: Preliminary Findings From a Trial Using Single-Subject Experimental Design.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Mind-body exercises such as Yoga or Qi Gong have demonstrated a wide range of health benefits and hold great promise for employment in clinical practice. However, the psychophysiological mechanism underlying these effects remains unclear. Theoretical frameworks highlight
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