Zou Liye, Wang Huiru, Xiao ZhongJun, Fang Qun, Zhang Mark, Li Ting, Du Geng, Liu Yang
Department of Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Wellness, Tennessee Tech University, TN, United States of America.
Department of Sport Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
PLoS One. 2017 Feb 9;12(2):e0170212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170212. eCollection 2017.
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the existing evidence on the effectiveness and safety of Tai chi, which is critical to provide guidelines for clinicians to improve symptomatic management in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). After performing electronic and manual searches of many sources, ten relevant peer-reviewed studies that met the inclusion criteria were retrieved. The existing evidence supports the effectiveness of Tai chi on improving quality of life (QOL) and functional balance in MS patients. A small number of these studies also reported the positive effect of Tai chi on flexibility, leg strength, gait, and pain. The effect of Tai chi on fatigue is inconsistent across studies. Although the findings demonstrate beneficial effects on improving outcome measures, especially for functional balance and QOL improvements, a conclusive claim should be made carefully for reasons such as methodological flaws, small sample size, lack of specific-disease instruments, unclear description of Tai chi protocol, unreported safety of Tai chi, and insufficient follow-up as documented by the existing literature. Future research should recruit a larger number of participants and utilize the experimental design with a long-term follow-up to ascertain the benefits of Tai chi for MS patients.
本系统评价的目的是评估有关太极拳有效性和安全性的现有证据,这对于为临床医生改善多发性硬化症(MS)患者的症状管理提供指导至关重要。在对多个来源进行电子和手动检索后,检索到了十项符合纳入标准的相关同行评审研究。现有证据支持太极拳对改善MS患者生活质量(QOL)和功能平衡的有效性。其中少数研究还报告了太极拳对柔韧性、腿部力量、步态和疼痛的积极影响。不同研究中太极拳对疲劳的影响并不一致。尽管研究结果表明太极拳对改善结局指标有有益影响,尤其是对功能平衡和QOL的改善,但由于方法学缺陷、样本量小、缺乏特定疾病工具、太极拳方案描述不清晰、未报告太极拳安全性以及现有文献记录的随访不足等原因,应谨慎做出结论性断言。未来的研究应招募更多参与者,并采用长期随访的实验设计,以确定太极拳对MS患者的益处。
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