ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Tai Chi as a Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Reducing Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Evidence map of traditional Chinese exercises.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Acceptability and Feasibility of a Tai Chi/Qigong Intervention for Older People Living With HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Effect of Tai Chi vs Aerobic Exercise on Blood Pressure in Patients With Prehypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- The Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine Among Chinese Seniors in Canada and the United States: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Western and Chinese exercise training for blood pressure reduction among hypertensive patients: An overview of systematic reviews.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2024Review
- From Ancient Patterns of Hand-to-Hand Combat to a Unique Therapy of the Future.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Quality of Evidence Supporting the Effects of Tai Chi Exercise on Essential Hypertension: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Cardiology research and practice · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis study systematically evaluated the effects of Tai Chi exercise on blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and quality of life (QOL) in patients with hypertension. A meta-analysis was performed to provide a reliable reference for clinical practice.
methodsWe searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in five English databases and two Chinese databases, with the earliest data dated December 5, 2020. A quality assessment of the methods and a meta-analysis were also conducted.
resultsThe meta-analysis of 24 studies showed that the intervention group showed better outcomes in terms of systolic blood pressure (SBP) (SMD -1.05, 95% CI -1.44 to -0.67,
conclusionTai Chi is an effective intervention to improve SBP and DBP in patients with essential hypertension.
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