Research: Efficacy of Tai Chi Exercise With Different Training Loads on The Rehabilitation of Patients With Parkinson’s Disease in The Early and Middle Stage
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1)Department of Neurology, The Ninth Hospital of Ningbo, Ningbo 315000, China;2)Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315000, China;3)Department of Rehabilitation, Ningbo Municipal Hospital of TCM, Ningbo 315000, China

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This work was supported by a grant from Ningbo Medical Science and Technology Plan Project (2021Y37).

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    Objective In this study, we compared the control group and the Tai Chi exercise group to evaluate the rehabilitation effect of Tai Chi exercise on Parkinson’s disease patients in the early and middle stages.Methods Forty-five patients with Parkinson’s disease were randomly divided into a control group (n=15) who did not receive intervention, Tai Chi Group 1 (n=15) adopted 24-style simplified Tai Chi exercises, 40 min each time, 3 times a week, and Tai Chi Group 2 (n=15) adopted 24-style simplified Tai Chi exercises, 60 min each time, 3 times a week. At baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks after exercise, patients were evaluated with Falls Efficacy Scale (FES), timed up-to-go test (TUGT), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) III scores, Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI).Results In the Tai Chi 1 group, the improvement of TUGT and BBS scores at 24 weeks compared with the baseline was statistically significant (P<0.05). In Tai Chi 2 group, the improvement of TUGT and BBS scores was statistically significant (P<0.05) at 24 weeks compared with the baseline, and the improvement of TUGT was statistically significant at 24 weeks compared with 12 weeks (P<0.05).Conclusion Tai Chi exercise can improve the balance disorder and reduce the risk of falls in patients with Parkinson’s disease in the early and middle stages.

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WANG Mei-Hua, GAN Min, WU Hai-Qin, YU DAN-Xia, CHEN Zhi-Hua, QIAN Ping-An, XU Kai, MI Hong-Ting, SHEN Kai-Jie, DING Mei-Na, WU Hong, WENG Qiu-Yan.Research: Efficacy of Tai Chi Exercise With Different Training Loads on The Rehabilitation of Patients With Parkinson’s Disease in The Early and Middle Stage[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2023,50(10):2487-2495

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  • Received:July 30,2023
  • Revised:September 26,2023
  • Accepted:September 24,2023
  • Online: October 20,2023
  • Published: October 20,2023