Current location:Culture Chronicles news portal > business
Sitting Tai Chi Exercises Help Improve Stroke Recovery: Study
Culture Chronicles news portal2024-05-08 00:35:08【business】4People have gathered around
IntroductionContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom
- Home
- News
- People
- In-depth
- ACWF
Sitting Tai Chi Exercises Help Improve Stroke Recovery: Study
April 8, 2022A woman practices Tai Chi at the Laeken Park in Brussels, Belgium, July 28, 2021. [Xinhua/Zhang Cheng] |
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have found that stroke survivors who practiced a seated form of Tai Chi had equal or greater improvement in their athletic ability than those participating in a standard stroke rehabilitation exercise.
The study published Thursday in the journal Stroke, a peer-reviewed flagship journal of the American Stroke Association, mentions a sitting routine of Tai Chi exercises for people who had a recent stroke and experienced hand and arm weakness or partial paralysis.
Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art and now a popular form of exercise, involves a series of slow gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing.
"We revised the Tai Chi movements for people who have weakness or partial limb paralysis," said Zhao Jie, from Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine who is the lead author of the study. "It has been tailored so that participants can move one arm with the help of the healthy arm."
The study was conducted at two traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Researchers recruited 160 adults with an average age of 63 years who had suffered their first-ever ischemic stroke within six months of joining the study and retained their use of at least one arm.
Among the participants, half were randomly assigned to the sitting Tai Chi program, and the other half were part of the control group that took part in a standard stroke rehabilitation exercise program.
Sixty-nine people in the sitting Tai Chi group and 65 people in the control group completed the 12-week training program and 4-week follow-up.
Those in the sitting Tai Chi group showed better hand and arm function and sitting balance control, and compared with the control group, they had significant reductions in symptoms of depression, better shoulder range of motion, and significant improvements in activities of daily living and quality of life, according to the study
The results have demonstrated that the mind-body practice is an effective way to enhance balance, coordination, strength and flexibility, particularly for stroke survivors with hand and arm weakness or partial paralysis, the researchers said.
(Source: Xinhua)
32.3KPlease understand that womenofchina.cn,a non-profit, information-communication website, cannot reach every writer before using articles and images. For copyright issues, please contact us by emailing: [email protected]. The articles published and opinions expressed on this website represent the opinions of writers and are not necessarily shared by womenofchina.cn.
Comments
Magazines
Projects
- 2023 Women Science and Technology Innovation Pioneer...
Photos
- People Enjoy Blooming Tulips in Jinan, East...
- Flowers Bloom Across China in Spring
Special Coverage
Address of this article:http://kyrgyzstan.whetstonetavern.com/news-64b199893.html
Very good!(89751)
Related articles
- Red tourism booming as CPC celebrates centenary
- Wayne Rooney reveals why he isn't appearing on Match of the Day as planned this weekend... as the ex
- New building of museum at Shang Dynasty capital site to open this month
- Tourism flourishes as Kashgar gears for Spring Festival gala
- Sparkling night at Minyue water town in Fuzhou
- Home and Youth Affairs Bureau Spring Reception 2024 held in Hong Kong
- Domestic comedy
- Children visit Beijing Auto Museum during winter vacation
- Scenery of Zanda county, SW China's Tibet
- Chinese New Year culture festival held in E China's town
Popular articles
Recommended
Xi's Speech on Party Education Campaign to Be Published
Delegation of Taiwan youth led by Ma Ying
Pelicans wing Brandon Ingram returns from a knee injury in regular
Update on Ashlee Good's baby who was stabbed in Westfield Bondi stabbing rampage
How Will Xi's Visit to Xiong'an Reshape the Future of the Futuristic City?
Museums in rural China preserve culture as nation rapidly modernizes
Brunson carries Knicks into No. 2 seed in Eastern Conference, scores 40 points in OT win over Bulls
London Book Fair director calls for more cultural exchange
Links
- Central Rural Work Conference Is Held, Xi Delivers Important Instructions on Rural Work
- School shootings in U.S. rise to highest number in 20 years: report
- To work for a healthier and brighter future for humanity
- Roundup: Monkeypox cases rising in EU, authorities urge countries to take measures
- Britain's Daley/Lee win men's synchronised 10m platform at Tokyo Olympics
- Xi Focus: CPC Leadership Meeting Calls for Rallying Powerful Force to Advance National Rejuvenation
- Powerful Hurricane Ida slams U.S. Louisiana, other regions
- Alleged intruder at Peruvian embassy in U.S. shot dead by Secret Service
- Xi Story: Cradle of China's Rural Reform Embarks on Rural Revitalization Journey
- China to relax foreign investment rules amid further opening up