Author: Yan Du1, Gao-Xia Wei2, Yichao He2, Hongting Ning3, Penny Roberts4, Edward Golob5, Zenong Yin6
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup> School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
<sup>2</sup> Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
<sup>3</sup> Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China.
<sup>4</sup> School of Music, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States.
<sup>5</sup> Department of Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
<sup>6</sup> Department of Public Health, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Conference/Journal: Asian Pac Isl Nurs J
Date published: 2024 Sep 19
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Volume ID: 8 , Pages: e60104 , Special Notes: doi: 10.2196/60104. , Word Count: 283
Background:
Music has frequently been used in movement exercises to enhance health benefits. However, scientific evidence regarding the application of music to Tai Chi practice is limited.
Objective:
This scoping review aims to understand how music has been used in Tai Chi practice and whether music could be applied to Tai Chi practice to help optimize its benefits.
Methods:
PubMed, CINAHL, CNKI, and Weipu databases were searched. We included studies that compare Tai Chi practice experience or health outcomes between individuals practicing Tai Chi with music and those practicing Tai Chi without music. Studies published through September 2022 were identified. Two researchers (YD and YH) independently performed study selection and data extraction. Thematic analysis was used to summarize and categorize the findings of the included studies.
Results:
Seven studies were included in this review. All 7 included studies are experimental studies. Practicing Tai Chi with music might lead to positive perceptions of Tai Chi practice (eg, motivation, concentration, enjoyment, compliance, and performance) and higher evaluations of Tai Chi instructional quality, especially for Tai Chi beginners. The effects of incorporating music into Tai Chi practice on health outcomes are inconclusive due to the heterogeneities of the sample size, and the intervention components, lengths, and frequencies of the included studies.
Conclusions:
Applying music to Tai Chi practice may result in positive Tai Chi practice experience and adherence, particularly for beginners, which could help improve the dissemination and implementation of Tai Chi interventions for public health. However, whether applying music to Tai Chi practice leads to synergetic effects on health outcomes needs further investigation.
Keywords: Tai Chi; data extraction; dissemination; exercise; health outcome; implementation; motivation; music; performance; public health; review; scoping review; synergetic effects; thematic analysis.
PMID: 39298259 DOI: 10.2196/60104