Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39762636›Full record

Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2025

Effects of Tai Chi Chuan on physical function and health in breast cancer patients.

Qiuting You, Yanbo Chen, Doudou Yang, Shiyu Shen, Yi Chen, Yinglin Zhai, Minhua Zeng, Mingyi Wang, Tao Kang, Fengxi Su

Abstract readClinical Trial
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Qiuting YouS' Clinic, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Yanbo ChenS' Clinic, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Doudou YangGuangdong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Shiyu ShenS' Clinic, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Yi ChenS' Clinic, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Yinglin ZhaiS' Clinic, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Minhua ZengS' Clinic, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Mingyi WangGuangzhou College of Applied Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
Tao KangGuangzhou College of Applied Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 510000, China. kangt3@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.
Fengxi SuS' Clinic, Guangzhou, 510000, China. sufengxi@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aims to explore the effects of Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) on physical function, hematological metabolic biomarkers, sleep quality, and mental health in breast cancer patients.

methodsThis was a prospective clinical trial that involved 37 breast cancer patients who had completed surgery treatment. Participants' motor function, hematological examination, and self-rated questionnaire were assessed at the baseline and after the intervention.

resultsThrough the 12-week TCC intervention, participants' weights (p = 0.981), body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.913), and blood pressure (p = 0.374 for systolic BP, p = 0.299 for diastolic BP) remained stable; waist-hip ratio significantly decreased (p < 0.001); and post-intervention pulse rate (p = 0.011) and vital capacity (p = 0.062) slightly increased. In the aspect of motor function, the value of sit and reach (p < 0.001), grip strength of both hands (p < 0.001), and most active range of motion of neck and shoulder joint (p < 0.001 for anteflexion and both left and right lateroflexion of neck joint, both left and right adduction and rear protraction of shoulder joint) increased after intervention. Arm girth (p < 0.05 for arm girth in left styloid process of ulna, 5 cm below left cubital crease, left and right cubital crease, 10 cm above left and right cubital crease, and left axilla) showed a shrinking trend after intervention. According to the questionnaire of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), participants' sleep quality improved, and anxiety and depression remained stable after the trial (p = 0.021 for PSQI, p = 0.631 for anxiety, p = 0.182 for depression). Hematological examination of total protein (p = 0.016), albumin (p < 0.001), albumin-globulin ratio (A/G) (p < 0.001), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-CH) (p = 0.002), and apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) (p < 0.001) increased after intervention.

conclusionMotor function and sleep quality improved significantly after TCC intervention for 3 months in breast cancer patients. At the same time, some hematological metabolic biomarkers also changed better. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ChiCTR2200061422. Date of registration: June 24th, 2022.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsTai JiAdultAgedFemaleHumansMental HealthMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSleep QualitySurveys and QuestionnairesBreast cancerMental healthPhysical functionTai Chi Chuan (TCC)

Identifiers

PMID39762636

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.