Effects of 8-Week Tai Chi Chuan Practice on Mindfulness Level

Chen, Li-Zhen; Dai, An-Yin; Yao, Ying; Si, Ruoguang; Hu, Zhuoer; Ge, Likun; Du, Xiangdong; Li, Aihua; Wei, Gao-Xia

doi:10.1007/s12671-021-01622-8

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“…According to a randomized control study involving 72 subacute stroke inpatients, ‘Chan Chuang’ had been reported to demonstrate improvement in muscle strength and quality of life as compared to those receiving standard care ( 63 ). In addition, due to its meditative nature when performing the stance, many studies have reported it to improve cognitive and mental function ( 64 – 66 ). The justification where this movement improves the lower limb muscle strength leading to better static postural stability can be seen through its form, where it puts the quadriceps in eccentric contraction.…”

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Concepts and Application of Tai Ji in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review

Alkharji¹,

Gan²,

Foo³

2022

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Stroke remains a leading cause of adult disability, and it decreases the health-related quality of life due to functional disability and poor functional recovery in stroke. Tai Ji has been recently introduced to overcome disabilities. This review aims to explain the effects of Tai Ji on functional recovery in stroke patients, linking it to current approaches, concepts and therapies such as Bobath and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques. A compilation of recent literature on Tai Ji's use in stroke rehabilitation from Google scholar and PubMed Central (2018 to 2022). The benefits of Tai Ji in stroke functional recovery were studied and explained based on its similarity in concepts to current conventional stroke rehabilitation approaches. There were few randomized controlled trials on Tai Ji in functional recovery among stroke patients. However, all literature identified Tai Ji as beneficial in stroke rehabilitation. However, there was no literature on explaining the Tai Ji movement based on current conventional stroke rehabilitation approaches. Tai Ji carries similar theories to the current neurorehabilitation approach. Tai Ji can be modified and incorporated into stroke rehabilitation programs based on patients’ needs to produce promising outcomes.

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Concepts and Application of Tai Ji in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review

Alkharji¹,

Gan²,

Foo³

2022

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“…Several studies have examined the moderating effect of mindfulness: only the low‐stress group showed a buffering effect of mindfulness in the relationship between stress and depression among university students in South Korea 28 . In soldiers, mindfulness moderated the influence of perceived stress on hopelessness; the lower the level of mindfulness, the greater the hopelessness when the perceived stress increased 29 .…”

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Moderating effect of mindfulness on the relationship between anxiety and somatization symptoms in middle‐aged and elderly female patients with hypertension

Shen

Zhang

et al. 2023

J of Clinical Hypertension

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To explore the moderating effect of mindfulness on the relationship between anxiety and somatization symptoms in middle‐aged and elderly female patients with hypertension and provide a foundation for the development of more effective mindfulness intervention strategies. A total of 109 middle‐aged and elderly female patients with hypertension participated in this cross‐sectional study from April to July 2022 and provided valid responses to the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Somatization Symptom Self‐rating Scale (SSS). The moderating effect of mindfulness was determined using multiple linear regression. The participants’ average scores were as follows: mindfulness: 123.86 ± 10.49; anxiety: 7.41 ± 3.62; and somatization symptoms: 41.2 ± 9.44. The anxiety (P = .000) and somatization symptoms (P = .001) of participants with high mindfulness were significantly reduced. Anxiety was positively correlated with somatization symptoms (r = 0.606, P = .000), while mindfulness was negatively correlated with both anxiety (r = ‐0.468, P = .000) and somatization symptoms (r = ‐0.439, P = .000). Moreover, mindfulness had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between anxiety and somatization symptoms (n = 109) (B = ‐0.166, t = ‐2.125, P = .036). The effect of mindfulness on anxiety and somatization symptoms was more significant in participants with low mindfulness levels (n = 56) (B = 0.144, t = 2.805, P = .008) than in participants with high mindfulness levels (n = 53) (B = ‐0.037, t = ‐0.864, P = .393). The moderating effect analysis based on regression analysis showed that mindfulness had a significant moderating effect on anxiety and somatization symptoms, especially in participants with low mindfulness levels.

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“…The enhancement of fALFF in the FFG.R by TCC might be caused by the elements of mindfulness and meditation contained in the TCC (Cui et al, 2021 ). Furthermore, it has been found that TCC can improve levels of mindfulness (Chen et al, 2021 ). In the process of TCC exercise, individuals need to be guided with their own thoughts and pay more attention to the continuous awareness of movements, breathing, etc., to continuously improve the ability of mindfulness-awareness and make their sensory perception stronger.…”

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The Potential Advantages of Tai Chi Chuan in Promoting Inhibitory Control and Spontaneous Neural Activity in Young Adults

Shen

Yin

Cui

et al. 2021

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) is assumed to exert beneficial effects on functional brain activity and cognitive function in elders. Until now, empirical evidence of TCC induced intra-regional spontaneous neural activity and inhibitory control remains inconclusive. Whether the effect of TCC is better than that of other aerobic exercises is still unknown, and the role of TCC in younger adults is not yet fully understood. Here we used resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) to investigate the effects of 8-week TCC (n = 12) and brisk walking (BW, n = 12) on inhibitory control and fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF). The results found that TCC had significant effects on inhibitory control performance and spontaneous neural activity that were associated with significantly increased fALFF in the left medial superior frontal gyrus (Cohen’s d = 1.533) and the right fusiform gyrus (Cohen’s d = 1.436) and decreased fALFF in the right dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus (Cohen’s d = 1.405) and the right paracentral lobule (Cohen’s d = 1.132).TCC exhibited stronger effects on spontaneous neural activity than the BW condition, as reflected in significantly increased fALFF in the left medial superior frontal gyrus (Cohen’s d = 0.862). There was a significant positive correlation between the increase in fALFF in the left medial superior frontal gyrus and the enhancement in inhibitory control performance. The change in fALFF in the left medial superior frontal gyrus was able to explain the change in inhibitory control performance induced by TCC. In conclusion, our results indicated that 8 weeks of TCC intervention could improve processing efficiency related to inhibitory control and alter spontaneous neural activity in young adults, and TCC had potential advantages over BW intervention for optimizing spontaneous neural activity.

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Effects of 8-Week Tai Chi Chuan Practice on Mindfulness Level

Cited by 13 publications

References 35 publications

Concepts and Application of Tai Ji in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review

Concepts and Application of Tai Ji in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review

Moderating effect of mindfulness on the relationship between anxiety and somatization symptoms in middle‐aged and elderly female patients with hypertension

The Potential Advantages of Tai Chi Chuan in Promoting Inhibitory Control and Spontaneous Neural Activity in Young Adults

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