Author: Cheng D1, Wang B2, Li Q3, Guo Y4, Wang L5
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>Department of Rehabilitation, Acupuncture and Moxibustion and Massage College • Health Preservation and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
<sup>2</sup>Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100102, China.
<sup>3</sup>Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China.
<sup>4</sup>Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China. guoyan0314@126.com.
<sup>5</sup>Department of Rehabilitation, Acupuncture and Moxibustion and Massage College • Health Preservation and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China. pitx3@163.com.
Conference/Journal: Chin J Integr Med.
Date published: 2020 May
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Volume ID: 26 , Issue ID: 5 , Pages: 393-400 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1007/s11655-020-3262-9. Epub 2020 Apr 29. , Word Count: 156
With the increasing number of cardiovascular patients, more and more people are living with diseases. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an effective treatment and prevention measure for cardiovascular disease (CVD), which aims to relieve both psychological and physiological stress of CVD, reduce risk of death from CVD, improve cardiovascular function and patients' quality of life. Tai Chi is popular in China and mainly used as a daily leisure activity for the elderly to strengthen their bodies. This review discusses whether Tai Chi could be taken as a positive intervention in CR and what is the exact role and its mechanisms as exercise therapy for CVD. The authors detail the role of Tai Chi on CR from the aspects of exercise capacity, risk factors of CVD and psychological factors, etc., as well as highlight the limitation of Tai Chi research at present.
KEYWORDS: Tai Chi; cardiac rehabilitation; cardiovascular disease; non-medicine therapy; review
PMID: 32350802 DOI: 10.1007/s11655-020-3262-9