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The effect of traditional Chinese exercises on low Back pain and disability in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review.
Review in Preventive medicine reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07338045 (The Effects of Eight-Week Baduanjin Exercise on Chronic Low Back Pain and Disability Among Office Workers), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effects of Eight-Week Baduanjin Exercise on Chronic Low Back Pain and Disability Among Office Workers
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- Effects of Tai Chi on pain, functional dysfunction, and sleep in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
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Abstract
Objective: To assess the efficacy of traditional Chinese exercises (TCEs) in mitigating pain and disability among older and middle-aged individuals suffering from low back pain (LBP). Methods: From inception to November 2024, seven electronic databases were searched for TCEs treatment of LBP in the literature of randomized controlled trials: the Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Databases, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform. The primary outcomes of emphasis were pain severity and disability. This review has been registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42024626811). A meta-analysis was conducted using Review Manager 5.4 software. Results: Eleven of the 856 studies that were found through a search of seven electronic databases satisfied the requirements for inclusion. The conducted meta-analysis demonstrated a notable decrease in Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain scores [Mean Difference (MD) = -1.38, 95 % CI (-1.79, -0.97)] and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores [MD = -4.36, 95 % CI (-6.84, -1.87)] for patients suffering from LBP who practiced TCEs, compared to those in the control group. The evidence for reductions in both VAS pain scores and ODI scores was rated as low quality in the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation. Conclusions: TCEs such as Tai Chi, Baduanjin, and Five-Animal exercises can help patients with LBP to some extent, but it is crucial to choose the appropriate type, intensity, and duration.
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