SynthesisJournal of rehabilitation medicine2021
Effect of tai chi on glycaemic control, lipid metabolism and body composition in adults with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis and systematic review.
Synthesis in Journal of rehabilitation medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04416841 (Efficacy of Tai Chi Chuan on Cognitive Function in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Accompanied With Mild Cognitive Impairment), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Efficacy of Tai Chi Chuan on Cognitive Function in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Accompanied With Mild Cognitive Impairment
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of Tai Chi on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Lifestyle intervention Tai Chi for adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a PRIO-harms based overview of 17 systematic reviews.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparing the Effects of Bafa Wubu Tai Chi and Traditional He-Style Tai Chi Exercises on Physical Health Risk Factors in Overweight Male College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Comparison of the effects of Tai Chi and general aerobic exercise on weight, blood pressure and glycemic control among older persons with depressive symptoms: a randomized trial.BMC geriatrics · 2022Trial
- Dilemmas in Elderly Diabetes and Clinical Practice Involving Traditional Chinese Medicine.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Treatment adherence and the contemporary approach to treating type 2 diabetes mellitus.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2024Review
- Effects of Tai Chi in diabetes patients: Insights from recent research.World journal of diabetes · 2024Article
- Non-drug interventions of traditional Chinese medicine in preventing type 2 diabetes: a review.Chinese medicine · 2023Review
- Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes, 2022. A consensus report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).Diabetologia · 2022 · on this mapReview
- Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2022. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).Diabetes care · 2022 · on this mapReview
- The Effects of Tai Chi Exercise for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Journal of diabetes research · 2022Review
- Tai Chi for Overweight/Obese Adolescents and Young Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effects of tai chi on metabolic control and body composition indicators in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
designSystematic review and meta-analysis of existing literature.
methodsElectronic resource databases were searched to collect eligible studies. Two reviewers selected studies and independently evaluated method-ological quality.
resultsTwenty-three studies were included in this meta-analysis. The pooled results showed that tai chi had significant effects in improving metabolic indices, such as fasting blood glucose (mean differ-ence (MD) = -1.04; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) -1.42 to 0.66; p < 0.01) and total cholesterol (MD = -0.50; 95% CI -0.86 to -0.13; p < 0.01) compared with conventional clinical therapy. Most in-dices did not support the use of tai chi over aerobic exercise, except for glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) (MD = -0.24; 95% CI -0.49 to 0.00; p < 0.01) and high-density lipoprotein (MD = 0.07; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.12; p < 0.01).
conclusionTai chi had better effects on metabolic control and body composition indicators than clinical conventional therapy, but only on HbA1c and HDL were superior than that of aerobic exercise. The best time-window for tai chi intervention may differ with different metabolic indices.
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