SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2022
Baduanjin improves neck pain and functional movement in middle-aged and elderly people: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06130982 (Effects of Different Health Qigong Routines on Cervical Spondylosis Among Chinese College Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Effects of Different Health Qigong Routines on Cervical Spondylosis Among Chinese College Students
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Perspectives of community-dwelling older adults with chronic diseases on Baduanjin practice: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2026Article
- The Science of Tai Chi andJournal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Review
- Correlation analysis between neck muscles and lifestyle habits in patients with cervical instability.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Traditional Chinese Rehabilitation Exercise (TCRE) for Myofascial Pain: Current Evidence and Further Challenges.Journal of pain research · 2024Review
- Commentary: Traditional Chinese exercises on pain and disability in middle-aged and elderly patients with neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Neck pain (NP), one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases, exercises a great influence on the daily life of individuals, especially the elderly. Baduanjin is a traditional Qigong therapy from China, but there is no evidence for its use in the treatment of neck pain in middle-aged and elderly people. Objective: We hope to summarize the efficacy evidence of Baduanjin in the treatment of middle-aged and elderly patients with neck pain (NP) for the first time, conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis, and provide basic evidence-based evidence for clinical practice. Methods: Two researchers collectively searched PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, China Biology Medicine disk (Sino-Med), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang database, and China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP). The search time is set from initial to 27 September 2022, to find out RCT articles that may meet the criteria. The risk bias assessment tool Cochrane was applied to assess the methodological quality of involved studies. RevMan 5.3 was used for the meta-analysis with a mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI), and the model type was a random effects model. The VAS scores of the intervention and control groups were extracted and the results of the meta-analysis were presented using a forest plot. Results: In total, 13 randomized controlled trials were meta-analyzed, including 840 patients. The results turned out that the VAS score in the intervention group was below the control group, which was statistically significant [MD = -1.15, 95% CI (-1.39, -0.92) and Conclusion: The existing results seem to show that Baduanjin is safe and has a trend of positive benefits in the treatment of neck pain in middle-aged and elderly people. However, considering the limitations of this study, we need to be cautious in our conclusions, and more studies are needed to verify it in future.
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