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ArticleJournal of mid-life health

Effectiveness of Tai Chi Exercise Program on Sleep, Quality of Life, and Physical Performance in Postmenopausal Working Women.

Ayushi Rajkumar Jain, Doss Prakash Sundarajan

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Article in Journal of mid-life health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ayushi Rajkumar JainDepartment of Community Physiotherapy, MGM Institute of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Doss Prakash SundarajanDepartment of Community Physiotherapy, MGM Institute of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Menopause being an unavoidable time in every woman's life brings up various challenges. Inevitable changes in body systems affect the life of a woman permanently. The symptoms constitute the postmenopausal syndrome which further affects the quality of life (QOL). Women spend most of the time working during the menopausal transition period and also during postmenopause. The discussion of symptoms is still considered a taboo. Exercise intervention to reduce the symptoms related to menopause which can show a positive impact on health status and work needs to be incorporated. Methodology: Tai Chi exercise intervention was given for 8 weeks to the women who achieved natural menopause and were included in the study ( Results: A significant difference was observed in all the outcomes after 8 weeks of intervention (Sleep Quality Scale (SQS)- Conclusion: Our study revealed that besides being low velocity and low impact exercise, Tai Chi was a safe and effective mode of treatment in postmenopausal working women. In this group approach sessions were interactive and improved socialization skills because it was conducted in a community setting minimum equipment's and greater feasibility. Hence, this could also be incorporated in different age group population.

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Menopausephysical performancequality of lifesleepTai Chi exercise

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PMID36276631
PMCPMC9583377
OpenAlexW4307228610

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