TY - JOUR
T1 - Baduanjin Qigong Improves Balance, Leg Strength, and Mobility in Individuals With Chronic Stroke
T2 - A Randomized Controlled Study
AU - Yuen, Mandy
AU - Ouyang, H. X.
AU - Miller, Tiev
AU - Pang, Marco Y.C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - Background: Effective and sustainable exercise training methods for improving balance poststroke are needed. Objective: To evaluate the effect of Baduanjin Qigong for improving balance after stroke. Methods: This was a single-blinded randomized controlled study in which only the assessor was blinded. Fifty-eight people with chronic stroke (mean age: 62.5 ± 11.8 years) were randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 29) or control group (n = 29). The experimental group underwent 8 weeks of supervised Baduanjin training (3 sessions per week). This was followed by home-based practice of the same exercises 3 days a week for another 8 weeks. The control group underwent 2 sessions of supervised conventional fitness training in the first week, followed by home-based exercise practice 3 days a week until the end of week 16. All outcomes were measured at baseline, week 8, and week 16. Results: Significantly greater improvements in the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest), composite equilibrium score (Sensory Organization Test), 5 Times Sit to Stand, and Timed Up and Go test were detected at week 8 in the experimental group than in the control group (P <.017). Further improvement in the Mini-BESTest was observed from week 8 to 16 in the experimental group (P <.001). Other outcomes (Limit of Stability, Fall-Efficacy Scale, Modified Barthel Index, Stroke-Specific Quality of Life) showed no significant results. Conclusion: Baduanjin is effective in improving balance, leg strength, and mobility and is a safe and sustainable form of home-based exercise for people with chronic stroke.
AB - Background: Effective and sustainable exercise training methods for improving balance poststroke are needed. Objective: To evaluate the effect of Baduanjin Qigong for improving balance after stroke. Methods: This was a single-blinded randomized controlled study in which only the assessor was blinded. Fifty-eight people with chronic stroke (mean age: 62.5 ± 11.8 years) were randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 29) or control group (n = 29). The experimental group underwent 8 weeks of supervised Baduanjin training (3 sessions per week). This was followed by home-based practice of the same exercises 3 days a week for another 8 weeks. The control group underwent 2 sessions of supervised conventional fitness training in the first week, followed by home-based exercise practice 3 days a week until the end of week 16. All outcomes were measured at baseline, week 8, and week 16. Results: Significantly greater improvements in the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest), composite equilibrium score (Sensory Organization Test), 5 Times Sit to Stand, and Timed Up and Go test were detected at week 8 in the experimental group than in the control group (P <.017). Further improvement in the Mini-BESTest was observed from week 8 to 16 in the experimental group (P <.001). Other outcomes (Limit of Stability, Fall-Efficacy Scale, Modified Barthel Index, Stroke-Specific Quality of Life) showed no significant results. Conclusion: Baduanjin is effective in improving balance, leg strength, and mobility and is a safe and sustainable form of home-based exercise for people with chronic stroke.
KW - Baduanjin
KW - balance
KW - Qigong
KW - randomized controlled trial
KW - rehabilitation
KW - stroke
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U2 - 10.1177/15459683211005020
DO - 10.1177/15459683211005020
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33825587
AN - SCOPUS:85104024121
SN - 1545-9683
VL - 35
SP - 444
EP - 456
JO - Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
JF - Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
IS - 5
ER -