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| Title: | Acute effects of Tai Chi training on cognitive and cardiovascular responses in late middle-aged adults : a pilot study | Authors: | Cheung, TCY Liu, KPY Wong, JYH Bae, YH Hui, SSC Tsang, WWN Cheng, YTY Fong, SSM |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, 2018, v. 2018, 7575123 | Abstract: | This study explored the immediate effects of Tai Chi (TC) training on attention and meditation, perceived stress level, heart rate, oxygen saturation level in blood, and palmar skin temperature in late middle-aged adults. Twenty TC practitioners and 20 nonpractitioners volunteered to join the study. After baseline measurements were taken, the TC group performed TC for 10 minutes while their cognitive states and cardiovascular responses were concurrently monitored. The control group rested for the same duration in a standing position. Both groups were then reassessed. The participants' attention and meditation levels were measured using electroencephalography stress levels were measured using Perceived Stress Scale heart rate and blood oxygenation were measured using an oximeter and palmar skin temperature was measured using an infrared thermometer. Attention level tended to increase during TC and dropped immediately thereafter (p<0.001). Perceived stress level decreased from baseline to posttest in exclusively the TC group (p=0.005). Heart rate increased during TC (p<0.001) and decreased thereafter (p=0.001). No significant group, time, or group-by-time interaction effects were found in the meditation level, palmar skin temperature, and blood oxygenation outcomes. While a 10-minute TC training could temporarily improve attention and decrease perceived stress levels, it could not improve meditation, palmar skin temperature, or blood oxygenation among late middle-aged adults. | Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal: | Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine | ISSN: | 1741-427X | EISSN: | 1741-4288 | DOI: | 10.1155/2018/7575123 | Rights: | Copyright © 2018 Tiffany C. Y. Cheung et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The following publication Cheung, T. C., Liu, K. P., Wong, J. Y., Bae, Y. H., Hui, S. S. C., Tsang, W. W., ... & Fong, S. S. (2018). Acute effects of Tai Chi training on cognitive and cardiovascular responses in late middle-aged adults: A pilot study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018 is available at https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7575123 |
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