Author: Wang K1, Liu S2, Kong Z3, Zhang Y4,5, Liu J6
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>Department of Physical Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. wangke123@nwpu.edu.cn.
<sup>2</sup>Department of Physical Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China. liushijie0411@whut.edu.cn.
<sup>3</sup>Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, China. zwkong@umac.mo.
<sup>4</sup>Health and Exercise Science Laboratory, Institute of Sports Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. zhangyanjie@cuhk.edu.cn.
<sup>5</sup>Physical Education Unit, School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China. zhangyanjie@cuhk.edu.cn.
<sup>6</sup>Department of Martial Arts, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China. liujing@sus.edu.cn.
Conference/Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health.
Date published: 2018 Dec 28
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Volume ID: 16 , Issue ID: 1 , Special Notes: doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010072. , Word Count: 169
Objective: This study is the first meta-analysis investigating the rehabilitative effects of Wuqinxi for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods: Five electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CNKI, and Wanfang) from inception until early November 2018 were searched. All randomized controlled trials (RCT) using Wuqinxi as the main intervention component were included for meta-analysis. The pooled effect sizes (Standardized mean difference, SMD) were calculated to determine the magnitude of the Wuqinxi intervention effect. Moderator analysis was only conducted for total training time. Results: Overall results of the meta-analysis indicated that Wuqinxi exercise significantly improved exercise capability (SMD = 1.18, 95% CI 0.53 to 1.84, e < 0.001, I² = 84.97%), FEV1 (SMD = 0.44, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.77, e < 0.001, I² = 33.77%), FEV1% (SMD = 0.59, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.93, e < 0.001, I² = 63.79%), FEV1/FVC (SMD = 0.65, 95% CI 0.37 to 0.93, e = 0.006, I² = 44.32%) and CCQ (SMD = 1.23, 95% CI 0.31 to 2.14, e = 0.01, I² = 93.32%). Conclusions: With no occurrence of adverse event, clinicians could try to incorporate Wuqinxi exercise into their first-line rehabilitation regime for COPD patients.
KEYWORDS: COPD; Mind-body exercise; Randomized controlled trial; Wuqinxi; meditative movement; mindfulness-based exercise
PMID: 30597878 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16010072