ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Effects of Three Traditional Chinese Fitness Exercises Combined with Antihypertensive Drugs on Patients with Essential Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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- Comparing the efficacy of different types of exercise therapy in patients with essential hypertension: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Wu Qin Xi exercises on pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- 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
- Influencing factors of hospitalization cost of hypertension patients in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Research Progress on the Correlation Between Hypertension and Gut Microbiota.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Review
- The Effect of Traditional Chinese Exercises on Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Review
- Exploring Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity in Korean Older Patients with Hypertension: Photovoice Inquiry.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the efficacy of three different traditional Chinese exercises (Tai Chi, Baduanjin, and Wuqinxi) combined with antihypertensive drugs (AHD) on patients with essential hypertension (EH).
methodEight electronic databases were searched to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the effects of traditional Chinese fitness exercises combined with AHD and AHD alone. The analysis mainly consists of network meta-analysis (NMA) and pairwise meta-analysis. The Cochrane assessment tool was adopted to assess the risk of bias of included literatures. This study used STATA/SE 15.1 (StataCorp, 2017), R software (version 4.0.1), and Cochrane's Review Manager software (version 5.4) to conduct data analysis and figures generation.
resultsA total of 30 RCTs were included in this study, of which 16 evaluated Tai Chi plus AHD versus AHD, 11 evaluated Baduanjin plus AHD versus AHD, and 3 evaluated Wuqinxi plus AHD versus AHD. No RCT compared directly among the three traditional Chinese fitness exercises. Pairwise meta-analysis showed that Tai Chi plus AHD was significantly superior to AHD alone in reducing systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). BDJ plus AHD was statistically superior to AHD alone in reducing SBP, DBP, and endothelin (ET) and increasing nitric oxide (NO). NMA results indicated that Tai Chi plus AHD (WMD -12.42 mmHg, 95% CI: -15.29 to -9.55) and Baduanjin plus AHD (WMD -7.03 mmHg, 95% CI: -9.80 to -4.26) were superior to AHD, and Tai Chi was more effective than other traditional exercises in lowering SBP, Tai Chi plus AHD (WMD -7.56 mmHg, 95% CI: -10.15 to -4.96) and Baduanjin plus AHD (WMD -4.51 mmHg, 95% CI: -7.38 to -1.65) were superior to AHD in reducing DBP, Baduanjin plus AHD (WMD 4.26
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