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SynthesisFrontiers in human neuroscience2022

Effects of Traditional Chinese Exercises on Cognitive Function in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Kaixiang Zhou, Meng Liu, Dapeng Bao, Junhong Zhou

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Synthesis in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kaixiang ZhouSports Coaching College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
Meng LiuSports Coaching College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
Dapeng BaoChina Institute of Sport and Health Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
Junhong ZhouHarvard Medical School, Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA, United States.
Beijing Sport University · CNChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNHebrew SeniorLife · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Recently, considerable research has been conducted to study the effects of traditional Chinese exercises (TCEs) on cognitive function in older adults with MCI. We completed a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of TCEs on cognitive function in this population. Methods: A search strategy based on the PICOS principle was used to find the literatures in the databases of PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, SPORT-Discus, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Ovid. The quality and risk of bias in the studies were independently assessed by two researchers. Results: Nine trials with 1,290 participants were included. The effect size of TCEs on global cognitive function was small (SMD = 0.29, 95% CI 0.15-0.44, Conclusion: This meta-analysis provides clinicians with moderate evidence to recommend that TCEs hold potential to enhance both global cognitive function and multiple domains of cognitive function, which, however, needs to be confirmed and further examined in futures studies. The results of this work provide critical knowledge for the design of future studies implementing TCEs as well as its clinical practice. Future RCTs with rigorous designs are needed to help obtain more definitive conclusions on the effects of TCEs on cognitive function in older adults with MCI.

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cognitive functionmild cognitive impairmentolder adultsQigongTai Chitraditional Chinese exercises

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PMID35399354
PMCPMC8989961
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