Effects of Taijiquan and Qigong exercises on depression and anxiety levels in patients with substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhang, Peng; Li, Zaimin; Yang, Qing; Zhou, Jiali; Ma, Xiujie

doi:10.1016/j.smhs.2021.12.004

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“…This implies that TCE has an effect on promoting people's mental health, assisting drug rehabilitees to reduce depression and anxiety symptoms. Our findings were consistent with previous studies (21,40), which also found that mind-body exercises (e.g., Tai Chi, Yoga) could effectively relieve depression and anxiety symptoms of substance abuse users. Furthermore, according to the subgroup analysis of the present study, drug rehabilitees showed significant decreases in depression and anxiety symptoms after practicing Tai Chi and Qigong exercises.…”

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“…Although previous studies have investigated the beneficial effects of TCE on mental health in different populations, few systematic review studies have investigated the effects of TCE on mental health in subjects suffering from substance use disorders ( 21 , 22 ). Additionally, two studies reported contradictory results.…”

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“…Additionally, two studies reported contradictory results. One study found that Tai Chi had a significant effect in reducing depression ( 21 ), while another study found the opposite ( 22 ). Moreover, the inclusion criteria of both reviews were not very strict.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, the participants in Zhang et al's study included drug users and alcohol abusers. Different types of intervention (e.g., Qigong + medication) were included in the experimental group ( 21 ). Moreover, the quality of included studies was low because of the nature of non-randomized controlled studies.…”

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Effects of traditional Chinese exercises on mental health in individuals with drug rehabilitee: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

Front. Public Health

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PurposeThe intent of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the effects of Traditional Chinese Exercise (TCE) on mental health and drug cravings in drug rehabilitees.MethodsSix electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycArticles, and CNKI) were searched to identify the potential literature from inception to March 2022. The controlled studies with a pro-posttest design that investigated the effects of TCE on mental health (depression, anxiety, drug craving, and sleep quality) were included. The effect sizes were calculated using the random-effect models with a 95% confidence interval. The Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale was employed to evaluate study quality.ResultsA total of 10 studies (740 participants, mean age 35 years old) were included in this study. The pooled results showed that TCE produced significant improvements in depression (SMD = 0.65, 95% CI 0.29 to 1.02, p < 0.01), anxiety (SMD = 0.98, 95% CI 0.44 to 1.53, p < 0.01), and drug craving (SMD = 0.87, 95% CI 0.54 to 1.21, p < 0.01) compared to the control group. The subgroup analysis results showed that TCE resulted in significant improvements in depression compared to active intervention (SMD = 0.33, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.60) or passive intervention (SMD = 1.07, 95% CI 0.40 to 1.74). A significant improvement in depression was observed in both male and female drug rehabilitee (p < 0.05). Moreover, Tai Chi (SMD = 0.69, 95% CI 0.19 to 1.18) or Qigong (SMD = 0.49, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.74) exercise, 3–4 times per week (SMD = 1.06, 95% CI 0.39 to 1.74) or ≥5 times (SMD = 0.39, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.66), >45 min (SMD = 0.62, 95% CI 0.09 to 1.15) or ≤ 45 min (SMD = 0.68, 95% CI 0.10 to 1.27), and for a duration of 12 weeks (SMD = 0.84, 95% CI 0.15 to 1.54) produced significant improvement in depression.ConclusionThis current study suggests that TCE (Tai Chi, Qigong) may have benefits in alleviating depression, anxiety, and drug cravings in drug rehabilitees. Further studies are required to verify our results through the implementation of well-designed experimental protocols.

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“…Continuous outcomes will be presented as mean difference/standard mean difference and 95% confidence intervals. [20] The Review Manager 5.3 software will be used for statistical analysis. The Characteristics of the published studies included will be filled in Table 2.…”

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The improvement of the lower limb exoskeletons on the gait of patients with spinal cord injury

Xue

Yang

et al. 2022

Medicine

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Background: Spinal Cord Injury is a severely disabling disease. In the process of Spinal Cord Injury rehabilitation treatment, improving patients’ walking ability, improving their self-care ability, and enhancing patients’ self-esteem is an important aspect of their return to society, which can also reduce the cost of patients, so the rehabilitation of lower limbs is very important. The lower limb exoskeleton robot is a bionic robot designed according to the principles of robotics, mechanism, bionics, control theory, communication technology, and information processing technology, which can be worn on the lower limb of the human body and complete specific tasks under the user's control. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the lower limb exoskeleton on the improvement of gait function in patients with spinal cord injury. Methods: The following electronic databases will be searched from inception to January 2022: PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Scopus, EBSCO, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data, Weipu Electronics. In addition, reference lists of the included studies were manually searched to identify additional relevant studies. Randomized controlled trials were collected to examine the effect of lower limb exoskeletons on lower limb functional recovery in spinal cord injury patients. We will consider inclusion, select high-quality articles for data extraction and analysis, and summarize the intervention effect of lower limb exoskeletons on the upper limb function of spinal cord injury patients. Two reviewers will screen titles, abstracts, and full texts independently according to inclusion criteria; Data extraction and risk of bias assessment were performed in the included studies. We will use a hierarchy of recommended assessment, development, and assessment methods to assess the overall certainty of the evidence and report findings accordingly. Endnote X8 will be applied in selecting the study, Review Manager 5.3 will be applied in analyzing and synthesizing. Results: The results will provide evidence for judging whether lower limb exoskeletons are effective and safe in improving lower limb function in patients with spinal cord injury. Conclusion: Our study will provide reliable evidence for the effect of lower limb exoskeletons on the improvement of lower limb function in spinal cord injury patients. INPLASY registration number: INPLASY202180095.

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Acceptability and Feasibility of a Tai Chi/Qigong Intervention for Older People Living With HIV

Ibañez,

Ahmed,

et al. 2023

AIDS Behav

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Effects of Taijiquan and Qigong exercises on depression and anxiety levels in patients with substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 10 publications

References 55 publications

Effects of traditional Chinese exercises on mental health in individuals with drug rehabilitee: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Effects of traditional Chinese exercises on mental health in individuals with drug rehabilitee: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The improvement of the lower limb exoskeletons on the gait of patients with spinal cord injury

Acceptability and Feasibility of a Tai Chi/Qigong Intervention for Older People Living With HIV

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