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Qigong is an ancient Chinese mind-body practice that combines gentle physical movements, controlled breathing, and focused attention to promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
It originated as a traditional Chinese medicinal practice and has been used for centuries to improve overall health, reduce stress, and enhance energy levels.
Qigong exercises are designed to cultivate the flow of 'qi' (vital life force) through the body, balance yin and yang, and support the body's natural healing processes.
This holistic approach to wellness has been studied for its potential benefits in a variety of health conditions, including chronic pain, high blood pressure, and anxiety.
Qigiong practiconers often report increased feelings of relaxation, improved sleep quality, and greater sense of inner calm.

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The baseline interview included questions on demographics, medical history (including diabetes and cancer), usual diet, tobacco and alcohol use, height, weight, physical activity, and family history of cancer. The interview and lifestyle factors have been described previously (Tsong et al., 2007 (link); Odegaard et al., 2011a (link)) (see Text, Supplemental Digital Content 1, description of lifestyle factors). Physical activity was reported for the past year in categories of moderate activities (brisk walking, bowling, bicycling on level ground, tai chi, or chi kung), strenuous sports (jogging, bicycling on hills, squash, swimming laps, or aerobics), and vigorous work (moving heavy furniture, loading or unloading trucks, shoveling, or equivalent manual labor). For each category of activity, participants reported average time spent each week in intervals of never, ½–1 hr., 2–3 hrs., 4–6 hrs., 7–10 hrs., 11–20 hrs., 21–30 hrs., and 31 hrs. or more. Based on the frequency of physical activity in the study population, the intensity variables were dichotomized into ≥ ½ hr/week physical activity and no reported physical activity within each respective intensity. Participants were also asked to report the average time spent sitting per day for watching television and other sitting activities (i.e., reading, playing cards, and sewing) in intervals of never, less than 1 hr., 1–2 hrs., 3–4 hrs., 5–6 hrs., 7–10 hrs., and 11 hrs. or more. Time spent sitting watching television was dichotomized into ≥3 hrs/day and ≤ 2 hours/per day based on the distribution of television watching time in this sample. Other sitting was examined in categories of none, <1hr/day, 1–2 hrs/day, and ≥3 hrs/day.
Publication 2017
ACP2 protein, human Diabetes Mellitus Diet Exercise, Aerobic Malignant Neoplasms Obstetric Labor Qigong Squashes Thumb Tobacco Products

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Publication 2017
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Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups: physical, cognitive, and relaxation training and a control group. Participants were trained for 4 months, two times per week and 90 min per session. All trainings were supervised by professional trainers.
Physical training consisted of cardiovascular, aerobic, and strength exercises which were done to the same amount within each session. The cardiovascular training was conducted using treadmills, bicycle ergometers, and cross trainers which included pulse meters in order to control the heart function permanently. The aerobic exercises consisted of a number of easy step and floor movement sequences. The muscular strength exercises were conducted using strength machines as a combination of eight different sets which were repeated in 3 × 15 series by performing oppose muscle contraction. These exercises aimed at strengthening skeletal muscles and increasing the metabolism. Intensity of the training units was continuously increased but regarded the individual capability of the participants.
The multidomain cognitive training included paper and pencil and PC-based exercises. In the first 4 weeks the “Mental Activation Training” (MAT; Lehrl et al., 1994 ) and sudoku were used. Additionally, in the first eight sessions participants without any PC-experience were made step by step familiar with the computer handling. In the following weeks, the participants exercised using selected commercial and non-commercial internet-based software. The difficulty level of the exercises was continuously adapted to the individual abilities of the participants.
Each session consisted of different exercises that aimed at training crucial cognitive functions. The exercises mainly trained perceptual speed, attentional, and mnemonic functions but some exercises included reasoning or logical thinking. A detailed description of all used exercises and a schedule of the training program are given in the Appendix.
No explicit task switching exercise was included in this program. Two extra sessions were offered at the end of the program for those participants who missed the regular sessions. The participants were not encouraged to exercise outside the training sessions but to continue the training at home after the study was finished.
The relaxation group received a relaxation training consisting of autogenic training, progressive muscle relaxation, back training, breathing exercises, massage, and Qigong. The aim of this training was to provide interesting and varied exercises, which did hardly require, and hence should not train, cognitive functions.
Publication 2012
Attention Cardiovascular System Cognition Exercise, Aerobic Heart Massage Metabolism Movement Muscle Contraction Muscle Strength Physical Examination Pulse Rate Qigong Relaxation, Progressive Muscle Skeletal Muscles

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Publication 2011
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The study was conducted at Tufts Medical Center, an urban tertiary care academic hospital in Boston, USA. It received ethics approval from the Tufts Medical Center/ Tufts University Human Institutional Review Board. A detailed version of the study protocol was reported in 2008 (14 (link)).
Patients with knee OA were recruited from the greater Boston area. To ensure adequate enrollment of underrepresented groups, we placed advertisements in local media. We also used the rheumatology clinic patient database at Tufts Medical Center to identify patients with knee OA. For interested respondents, we determined eligibility through a brief, scripted interview which posed questions whose predictive values for knee OA were known from population-based data. Applicants who screened positive on the telephone interview were scheduled for eligibility visits, when written informed consent was obtained.
The eligibility criteria were: age ≥ 55 years; Body Mass Index (BMI) ≤ 40 kg/m2; WOMAC pain subscale score (visual analog version) > 40 (range 0–500); fulfillment of the American College of Rheumatology criteria for knee OA (15 (link)) with radiographic Kellgren and Lawrence (K/L) knee OA grade ≥ 2 (16 (link)). We excluded individuals who had prior Tai Chi training or similar types of alternative medicine like Qi Gong or yoga; individuals with serious medical conditions, limiting their ability for full participation as determined by primary care physicians; individuals with intra-articular steroid injections in the previous three months, or reconstructive surgery on the affected knee and any intra-articular hyaluronate injections in the previous six months; individuals unable to pass the Mini-Mental examination (score < 24) (17 (link)).
To avoid bias in favor of the Tai Chi intervention, we informed participants that we were studying the effects of two different types of exercise training programs, one of which was combined with nutrition education. Participants were allowed to continue routine medications and maintain their usual visits with their primary care physicians or rheumatologists throughout the study.
Publication 2009
Eligibility Determination Ethics Committees, Research Homo sapiens Index, Body Mass Intra-Articular Injections Knee Pain Patients Pharmaceutical Preparations Primary Care Physicians Qigong Reconstructive Surgical Procedures Rheumatologist Satisfaction Steroids Training Programs X-Rays, Diagnostic Yoga

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The general and clinical data of patients including age, gender, hemodialysis duration, BIA-measured body mass and some lab indexes for the blood.
Specific interventions: for nutritional support, firstly a nutritional support team (NST), including one attending doctor or with higher titles, two specialty nurses in charge or in higher position, one pharmacist and one nutritionist, was organized. All team members ensured to be in possession of sufficient knowledge of their own specialty and also received additional NST training. During the treatment, the general and clinical data of patients were collected and assessed for their nutritional state, and factors might contribute to malnutrition were corrected. The doctors and pharmacist mainly accounted for assessing patients and making or adjusting treatment plans. The nutritionist guided each patient with their diet after their nutritional state evaluation. The two specialty nurses gave healthcare education to patients in accordance with their disease progression and physical condition, and supervised patients to record their daily food intake and stick to the nutritional plan made by the nutritionist. Patients were evaluated every 4 weeks for their nutritional state and to adjust their treatment plan accordingly, for a total of 12 weeks; for Baduanjin exercise, all enrolled patients were required to watch the video made by the State Sport General Administration of China, Baduanjin: A Health-care Qigong, twice to get familiar with the exercise. The video is about 20–30 min long. After that, patients were taught to do the exercise by a specialist to correct their moves for 2 weeks. Then they were instructed to do the exercise at their own home on non-hemodialysis days. The time and frequency of the exercise were designed according to previous reports (16 (link)), as 3 times a week, 2 h after each meal to do the exercise 2–3 times for 30–60min, for a total of 12 weeks. Patient 's vital signs were monitored closely during exercise. The exercise should be stopped immediately if any of the following circumstances, such as hypoglycemia, abnormal blood pressure, chest tightness, dizziness occurs. See Tables 1, 2 for specific exercise plans.
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Publication 2023
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Both quantitative and qualitative outcome measures were collected in this study. Quantitative results are reported elsewhere.37 (link) To better understand how participants responded to the qigong intervention, qualitative data were collected about participants' experience with the study through an exit survey administered within 1 week of their last qigong class. Table 1 provides a list of the qualitative questions that were analyzed from the exit survey. The survey was administered using the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap®) electronic data management system.
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Publication 2023
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In total 20 adults, 18 years and older, were recruited from the Portland Metropolitan Area with a self-reported diagnosis of any type of MS, ability to walk 50 feet (15.24 m) without an assistive device, and stable on disease-modifying medications or medication for balance 3 months before baseline. Candidates who were pregnant or nursing; participated in a regular qigong, tai chi, or yoga within 6 months before baseline; or had an MS relapse within 30 days before baseline were excluded.
More details about this recruitment strategy can be found elsewhere.37 (link) The study was conducted from January 2017 to March 2018. The study protocol was approved by the National University of Natural Medicine institutional review board and registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (CTR#: NCT04585659).
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Publication 2023
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This study utilized a pragmatic design in which participants were randomized to weekly pre-existing public qigong classes for 10 weeks or a wait-list control. Participants randomized to the qigong group (QG) attended 60–90 min prevetted qigong classes, and were encouraged to practice at home for at least 10 min per day. Class attendance was documented by the class instructor and participant through an attendance card. Participants documented their home practice using a home practice log.
The wait-list control group (CG) was asked to refrain from qigong, tai chi, or yoga during the 10-week intervention period but was encouraged to continue with pretrial exercise and other self-care practices. After the 10-week period, CG was invited to participate in 10 weeks of qigong. Outcome measures at baseline, week 11, and, for the CG who opted to do 10 weeks of qigong, week 22 were collected.
Qigong instructors were selected based on the following criteria: a minimum of 5 years of teaching experience, experience teaching people with limited mobility, teach weekly qigong classes open to any level, and allow modified and/or seated options. Further details regarding the methods are available in a prior publication.37 (link)
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Publication 2023
Qigong Range of Motion, Articular Teaching Yoga
Users of T&CM were defined as participants who reported visits to a T&CM provider and/or used non-provider interventions in the preceding 12 months. Simplified questions based on the international questionnaire to measure use of complementary and alternative medicine questions, the I-CAM-Q [52 (link)] were used. The use of a T&CM provider was based on a “yes” response to either of these three questions from Q1: “Have you during the past year visited a traditional healer (helper, “reader”, etc.?)”, “Have you during the past year visited an acupuncturist?” or “Have you during the past year visited a complementary medicine provider (homeopath, reflexologist, spiritual healer, etc.?)”. Non-provider T&CM use was collected from Q2 through “Have you used herbal medicines, natural remedies, or herbal remedies during the last 12 months?” (natural remedies henceforth), and “Have you used meditation, yoga, qigong, or tai chi as self-treatment during the last 12 months?” (self-help practices henceforth) with the response options “yes” and “no”. Data on T&CM use was self-reported.
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Publication 2023
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Qi Gong, Chi Kung, and Chinese Energy Exercises: Exploring the Ancient Healing Art of Qigong Qigong (also known as Chi Kung or Qi Gong) is an ancient Chinese mind-body practice that combines gentle physical movements, controlled breathing, and focused attention to promote overall well-being.
Originating as a traditional Chinese medicinal practice, Qigong has been used for centuries to improve health, reduce stress, and enhance energy levels.
At the heart of Qigong is the concept of 'qi' (or 'chi'), the vital life force believed to flow through the body.
Qigong exercises are designed to cultivate and balance this qi, supporting the body's natural healing processes.
Through gentle movements, breath control, and meditative focus, practitioners aim to achieve a state of physical, mental, and emotional harmony.
Research suggests that Qigong may offer a variety of potential health benefits, including relief from chronic pain, management of high blood pressure, and reduction of anxiety symptoms.
Practitioners often report increased feelings of relaxation, improved sleep quality, and a greater sense of inner calm.
Qigong practices can be tailored to individual needs and can be performed by people of all ages and fitness levels.
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