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Based on promoting the " sports and health integration" and with the aim of the positive role of traditional sports in promoting public health in an all-round and whole-cycle way, this paper uses the literature research method to explore the connotation of traditional sports in ancient Chinese books and literatures, such as " treating no diseases" , " treating mild diseases" , " treating desired diseases" and " treating existing diseases" . The traditional exercise prescription is interpreted from the modern language such as the amount of exercise and intensity, application time, role, standardization and matters needing attention, so as to provide the theoretical basis for the integration of traditional exercise prescription into grassroots health management by providing exercise promotion services for healthy, sub-healthy, sick and rehabilitated people.
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Objective:To determine the effectiveness of mind-body exercise, named Yoga, Taijiquan and Qigong, as a complementary and alternative therapy, on depression. Methods:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about Yoga, Taijiquan and Qigong for depression were searched from Web of Science, PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Library, PaycINFO, SPORTDiscu, CBM and CNKI. They were assessed methodological quality, and analyzed with Revman 5.3. Results:A total of 29 RCTs involving 1379 subjects were included. Mind-body exercise alone was an effective intervention on depression (SMD = -0.73, 95%CI -1.00 to -0.47, P < 0.01), with significant heterogeneity and publication bias. Mind-body exercise combined with medicine was also effective on depression (SMD = -0.54, 95%CI-0.71 to -0.36, P < 0.01), without significant heterogeneity and publication bias. Conclusion:Mind-body exercise can be a complement of medicine for depression. Single mind-body exercise is not stable for depression intervention. More long-term and high-quality researches are needed to determine the actual effectiveness on depression in the future.
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@# Objective To analyze the development trend of Taijiquan research papers in PubMed database in the past 15 years, and provide reference for the direction of scientific research. Methods Bicomb 2.0 and SPSS 20.0 software were used to systematically cluster and multidimensional scale analysis of keywords in PubMed database from 2002 to 2016, and generate knowledge maps and interpret them.Results Taijiquan exercise health promotion research hot spots in recent 15 years were breast neoplasms, depression, stress psychological, knee osteoarthritis, cognition, cognition disorders, muscle/skeletal, muscle strength, physical fitness, aging, gait, postural balance, accidental falls, exercise therapy and Parkinson disease.Conclusion Taijiquan exercise has been used as a kind of "sports therapy" to treat some chronic diseases, or to carry out physical and psychological rehabilitation training for the patients; at the same time, the function of "treating the disease" is paid more attention.
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@# Objective To analyze the development trend of Taijiquan research papers in PubMed database in the past 15 years, and provide reference for the direction of scientific research. Methods Bicomb 2.0 and SPSS 20.0 software were used to systematically cluster and multidimensional scale analysis of keywords in PubMed database from 2002 to 2016, and generate knowledge maps and interpret them.Results Taijiquan exercise health promotion research hot spots in recent 15 years were breast neoplasms, depression, stress psychological, knee osteoarthritis, cognition, cognition disorders, muscle/skeletal, muscle strength, physical fitness, aging, gait, postural balance, accidental falls, exercise therapy and Parkinson disease.Conclusion Taijiquan exercise has been used as a kind of "sports therapy" to treat some chronic diseases, or to carry out physical and psychological rehabilitation training for the patients; at the same time, the function of "treating the disease" is paid more attention.
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Objective To explore the effect of Taijiquan on motor function and depression in patients with post-stroke depression. Meth-ods From January to October, 2015, 60 stroke patients with depression were randomly divided into control group (n=30) and Taijiquan group (n=30). Both groups accepted routine rehabilitation, while Taijiquan group accepted another training of six actions from simplified Taijiquan. They were assessed with Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Barthel Index (BI) and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) be-fore, and four and eight weeks after treatment. Results The scores of FMA and BI increased more in Taijiquan group than in the control group after treatment (t>2.351, P2.169, P<0.05). Conclusion Taijiquan can relieve the depression and improve the motor and activities of daily living in patients with post-stroke depression.
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@#ObjectiveTo compare the effects of Taijiquan and walk exercise on patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) at early stage.Methods40 PD patients were randomly divided into 2 groups according to the stochastic tables: Taijiquan group (n=20) received Taijiquan exercise, while walk group (n=20) received walk exercise. The course was 4 weeks. UPDRSⅢ from Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and Berg Balance Scale(BBS) were to assess the patients before and after treatment.ResultsThe Taijiquan group improved significantly(P<0.01) and better than the walk group (P<0.01) in UPDRSⅢ, effects and BBS after treatment.ConclusionTaijiquan may improve the motion control and balance function for patients with Parkinson's disease.
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Objective To observe the influence of exercise intensity on cardiorespiratory function in the elderly with coronary heart disease using simplified 24-action Taijiquan and jogging. Methods A total of 115 sedentary elderly patients with heart disease were randomly divided into a control group ( no exercise), a low-intensity exercise group, a medium-intensity exercise group (whose exercise was simplified 24-action Taijiquan at 40-60% of their individual maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) for 90 to 200 minutes per week) and a high-intensity exercise group ( whose exercise was jogging on a treadmill at ＞ 70% of their maximum oxygen consumption for 200 minutes per week). The regime was maintained for 6 months. All patients accepted a treadmill exercise test before and after the 6 months of exercise to evaluate the changes in VO2max, maximum heart rate ( HRmax), VO2max/HRmax and exercise time (t). Results ( 1 ) After 6 months of exercise, VO2max, HRmax, VO2/HRmax and t had increased sisnificantly in all three exercise groups. Work capacity had increased 18.6% , 33% and 34.4% and HRmax had increased 9.3% , 13.8%, 19.1%. There was no difference between before and after in the control group. (2) Compared with the control group the average VO2max, HRmax and t of all three exercise groups had increased significantly. VO2 max was 9.4% , 26% and 23. 1% better; HRmax was 6.7% , 8.8% and 12% better; t was 3.5,4 and 4.9 minutes longer. (3) Compared with the low-intensity exercise group, VO2max, HRmax and t in the medium- and high-intensity groups increased significantly more. VO2max increased 16.6% and 13.7% more; HRmax increased 2.1% and 3.2% more and average t was 0.5 and 1.4 minutes longer. (4) There was no significant difference between the medium- and high-intensity exercise groups in terms of VO2max. (5) The incidence of self-reported adverse responses to exercise such as dizziness, chest stuffiness and fatigue in the high-intensity exercise group increased significantly compared with the other 3 groups. Conclusions Exercise can gradually improve cardiorespiratory function in the sedentary elderly with heart disease. The effects of medium-intensity exercise are similar to those of high-intensity exercise, but medium intensity is safer.
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The usage of “Taiji sense”(a kind of image) is required during Taijiquan (TJQ) exercise, but some practitioners virtually ignore it all the time while exercising. The significance for the usage of “Taiji sense” is still completely unknown. This study assessed the psycho-physiological effects of “Taiji sense” during 24-style TJQ exercise (24TJQ). 25 middle-elderly 24TJQ-experienced subjects were divided into Taiji-sensed group (TS), non-Taiji-sensed group (NTS) and ergometry exercise group (EE) by balancing their age and TJQ experience time. The division of TS and NTS was determined by a self-reported investigation, based on whether the practitioner usually use or do not use the image of “Taiji sense” while exercising TJQ. Electroencephalography and profile of mood states were examined and compared. After exercise, TS showed greater increase of α activity (P<0.05) and greater decrease of β activity (P<0.05) than EE, respectively. α hemispherical asymmetry score indicated by Fp1-Fp2 showed significant decrease change (P<0.05) in TS after exercise (Post2), and tended to be lower (P=0.056) than that of NTS. Even though all conditions significantly decreased Tension-Anxiety (T-A) scores (P<0.05, for all), only TS significantly increased Vigor (V) score (P<0.05). The change of α activity inversely correlated to the change of T-A score (r=−0.78, P<0.0001) in all conditions. Conclusively, the usage of “Taiji sense” might help to produce stronger psycho-physiological responses during 24TJQ practice, and give rise to effective relaxation after exercise, as classics pointed out.
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@# Objective To investigate the clinical effect of Wenyangtongluo soup combined with Taijiquan on rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods80 RA patients were randomly divided into the treatment group and control group with 40 cases in each group. The control group was given Wenyangtongluo soup, and the treatment group was added with Taijiquan exercise. 3 months later, the erythrocyte sedimemtation (ESR), rheumatoid facter (RF), C-reactive protein (CRP) were closely observed, and the clinical effects of two groups were evaluated.ResultsEffective rate of the treatment group was 90.0%, significantly higher than 70.0% of the control group ( P<0.05). Moreover, ESR, RF, CRP of the treatment group were remarkably improved ( P<0.05).ConclusionWenyangtongluo soup combined with Taijiquan can improve indexes such as ESR, RF and CRP of RA patients, and clinical effect.
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@#ObjectiveTo explore changes of the reacting force of the ankle joint (J) and the achilles tendon force (A) in the sagittal plane in a weight-bearing leg in a bout of the simplified-style Taijiquan exercise.MethodsJ and A determined from 30 healthy young males were analyzed using the simplified free body method.ResultsJ and A increased during exercise, J produced by movement 10, 14 and A produced by movement 8, 12 were about 2.4 times and 0.7 times body weight of 67.3kg respectively.ConclusionTaijiquan can increase the force of ligment and muscle around the ankle joint, especially that of triceps muscle of calf, and it is helpful for remaining the stability of the ankle structure.