PMID:
J Sport Health Sci. 2020 Apr 30. Epub 2020 Apr 30. PMID: 32360952
Abstract Title:
Tai Ji Quan as antihypertensive lifestyle therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Professional health organizations are not currently recommending Tai Ji Quana longside aerobic exercise to treat hypertension. We aimed to examine the efficacy of Tai Ji Quan as antihypertensive lifestyle therapy.METHODS: Tai Ji Quan interventions published in English and Chinese were included when they involved healthy adults, reported pre-and post-intervention blood pressure (BP), and had a non-exercise/non-diet control group. We systematically searched 11 electronic databases for studies published through July 31, 2018, yielding 31 qualifying controlled trials. We1) evaluated the risk of bias and methodological study quality, 2) performed meta-regression analyses following random-effects assumptions, and 3) generated additive models representing the largest possible clinically relevant BP reductions.RESULTS: Participants (N = 3223) were middle-aged (56.6 ± 15.1 years of age) adults with prehypertension (systolic BP (SBP) =136.9 ± 15.2 mmHg, diastolic BP (DBP) = 83.4 ± 8.7mmHg). Tai Ji Quan was practiced 4.0 ± 1.4 sessions/week for 54.0 ± 10.6 min/session for 22.3 ± 20.2 weeks. Overall, Tai Ji Quan elicited significant reductions in SBP (d = -0.75; -11.3 mmHg, 95%CI: -14.6 to -8.0) and DBP (d = -0.53; -4.8 mmHg, 95%CI: -6.4 to -3.1) versus control (p
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