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Trial reportBMC complementary medicine and therapies2023

Effects of pulmonary-based Qigong exercise in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial.

Linhong Jiang, Peijun Li, Jiacheng Shi, Yidie Bao, Zhenwei Wang, Weibing Wu, Xiaodan Liu

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Impact of preoperative respiratory training on early postoperative recovery in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Linhong Jiang *School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Peijun Li *School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Jiacheng ShiSchool of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Yidie BaoSchool of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China.
Zhenwei WangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, P.R. China.
Weibing WuDepartment of Sports Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, 200438, P.R. China. wwb75@126.com.
Xiaodan LiuSchool of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China. hzhp403@126.com.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghai Institute of Applied Physics · CNShanghai University of Sport · CNYueyang Hospital · CN

Funding

Health Discipline Leader Project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission 2022XD044National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072551National Natural Science Foundation of China 82172551Shanghai "Super Postdoctoral" Incentive Program 2022510
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical exercise training is the central component of pulmonary rehabilitation. This study aimed to further investigate the rehabilitative effects of pulmonary-based Qigong exercise (PQE) in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

methodsIn this randomized, assessor-blinded clinical trial, 44 participants with stable COPD were randomly assigned to 2 groups in a 1:1 ratio. Participants in the control group received usual care for 3 months. Participants in the intervention group received usual care combined with PQE (60 min each time, 2 times per day, 7 days per week, for 3 months). The outcome included exercise capacity, lung function test, skeletal muscle strength, dyspnea, and quality of life were measured before and after intervention.

resultsA total of 37 participants completed the trial. Compared to the control group, after 3 months of PQE, the mean change in exercise capacity, skeletal muscle strength, and quality of life were statistically significant (P < 0.05, for each), but no significant differences were observed in lung function (except for the forced expiratory volume in one second) and dyspnea (P > 0.05, for each).

conclusionThe findings of study suggest that the proposed program of 3 months of PQE intervention has significant improvement in exercise capacity, skeletal muscle strength, and quality of life of COPD-stable patients.

trial registrationThis study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Trial ID: ChiCTR-1800017405 on 28 July 2018; available at https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=28343 ).

Indexed as

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQigongDyspneaExerciseHumansLungQuality of LifeChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRehabilitationTraditional Chinese exercise

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PMID37985995
PMCPMC10662926
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