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4. Tai Chi for stress-related symptoms

Hypertension Control

In Wang et al. 'S recent review (4) Tai Chi, four studies (two randomized control) are discussed in terms of their effects on hypertension, and all They reported a significant decrease in blood pressure among hypertensive patients.

The results in (11) suggest that the activity and intensity of light moderate aerobic exercise has similar effects on blood pressure in previously sedentary elderly. If future trials with large sample size and a control group without exercise confirm these results, promoting the activity of light intensity could be considerable public health benefits as a means to reduce BP.

This study (13) examined the effects of Tai Chi vs Aerobic exercise for victims of heart attacks, compared with a group cardiac support as a control. Resting heart rate decreased in the Tai Chi group, but curiously, not the aerobic exercise group in this study. Both tai chi and aerobics groups showed a fall in systolic blood pressure, but only the Tai Chi group showed a drop in diastolic blood pressure.

Improving Cardiovascular Conditions

Wang et al. (4) reviewed 16 studies of Tai Chi in patients with cardiorespiratory and reported that their practice will delay the decline of cardiorespiratory function in older adults and might be prescribed an exercise appropriate.

One of the few studies to focus on serious practitioners of Tai Chi, especially people in their 60's, who had been practicing the new way Long Yang for 3-10 years, appears in (10). They practiced 3-7 times a week, with an average frequency of five times a week. A fairly rigorous practice: 20 minutes of exercise warm up 24 minutes of practice as the teacher walked in, and 10 minutes of cooling. This study compares these practitioners of Tai Chi to a group of peers age-matched sedentary and body size, and looks cardiorespiratory declines over a period of two years. It has some heart-rate profiles that seem indicate moderate aerobic benefit in the elderly practitioners (this benefit has not been shown in younger patients).

In (12), changes in frequency heart rate and electrocardiogram were recorded by telemetry in 100 volunteers who were regularly making a simplified Yang (short) form. During exercise, the change in heart rate was not very marked and without significant electrocardiographic changes were recorded. Thus, we speculated that the possible beneficial effects of Tai Chi in the system cardiovascular disease can not be attributed solely to the amount of exercise provided by Tai Chi and additional mechanisms must be sought. The author notes that "16 men and 10 hypertensive women reported a gradual normalization of blood pressure in cutting the need for medication altogether or reduce the dose. "

The study (18) concluded that Tai Chi was a culturally appropriate mind-body exercise for older adults with cardiovascular risk factors. Statistically significant psychosocial benefits were observed for 12 weeks. Further research examining Tai Chi exercise using a randomized design clinical trials with a control group of care can reduce the potential confounding effects, while exploring potential mechanisms underlying the relaxation response associated with mind-body exercise. In addition, future studies with people with other chronic diseases in all ethnic groups are recommended to determine whether the same benefits can be achieved. The authors were aware of a previous study (19) on the beneficial effects of Tai Chi for dialysis patients.

This research (21) compared the effects of a short style of Tai Chi training against a brisk walking program on aerobic capacity, the heart rate variability (HRV), strength, flexibility, balance. They found Tai Chi to be an effective way to improve many fitness measures in elderly women advanced for a period of three months was also significantly better than brisk walking in improving certain measures of fitness, including strength of lower limbs, balance and flexibility, psychological state and quality of life.

Reduction of chronic pain syndrome symptoms of arthritis

Pain and fatigue decreased significantly in the experimental group (14). However, the performance improvement of life daily rheumatoid arthritis patients was not statistically significant, but their sense of balance has improved significantly.

Sun style Tai Chi exercise (6) was found to be beneficial for women with osteoarthritis to reduce their perception of symptoms of arthritis and healthy behaviors.

In the short-term study (15), the beneficial results for the Tai Chi group and water group were significantly better than self-help group. Tai Chi may be more appropriate for aquatic exercise for osteoarthritis. Other longitudinal studies are needed to confirm these results. Similar conclusions were reached in another study (16) comparing the group Tai Chi and water for rheumatoid arthritis.

The results (17) suggest Tai Chi does not exacerbate symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, Tai Chi has statistically significant benefits in the range of motion of the lower extremities, the ankle range of motion particularly for people with RA. Includes studies did not assess the effects on patient-reported pain.

The objective of this review systematic (25) is to evaluate data from controlled clinical trials examining the effectiveness of Tai Chi for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). were systematically searched conducted in Medline, Pubmed, AMED, British Nursing Index, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, The Cochrane Library 2007, Issue 1, the UK National Research Register and ClinicalTrials.gov, Korean medical databases, Qigong and Energy Medicine Database and Chinese databases up to January 2007.

Overall this evidence is not enough convincing to suggest that Tai Chi is an effective RA treatment. The value of Tai Chi for this indication has not been demonstrated.

Reducing Anxiety and Depression

In (20), significant improvements in trait anxiety, perception pain, mood, flexibility and balance were obtained. These can have a profound effect on the incidence of falls, injuries resulting disability, and quality of life in general.

The study (22) was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of two measures in a group rehabilitation medicine and to identify strategies and guidelines for the exercise of long-term care of HIV / AIDS population with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and / or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). He concluded that Tai Chi and exercise improve physiological parameters, functional outcomes and quality of life. Group intervention provides socialization context for the management of chronic disease, HIV. In addition studies of short and long term are needed.

The pressure effects pressure, lipid profile, and the state of anxiety in the subjects in a program of 12 weeks of Tai Chi Chuan exercise were studied (23). He concluded that Tai Chi exercise training can lower blood pressure and results in favorable lipid profile changes and improve the status of the subjects of anxiety. Therefore, Tai Chi can be used as an alternative modality in treating patients with mild hypertension, with a promising economic effect.

Another paper on the effect Benefits of Tai Chi on depression in older people appears in (26).

Immunity

At rest, the total number of T lymphocytes and the number of active T lymphocytes increased significantly in the exercise group compared with controls (8). Immediately after a bout of Tai Chi (88 style), a marked increase in the activity of T lymphocytes occurred. In conclusion, the results indicate that the exercise of Tai Chi often cause a T lymphocytes increased in the blood.

According to a new study (24), Tai Chi can help older adults
avoid getting shingles by increasing immunity to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and boosting the immune response to varicella vaccine in older adults. Tai Chi alone was found to increase participants immunity to varicella as much as the vaccine typically produces in 30 - to adults 40 years of age, and Tai Chi combined with the vaccine produced a significantly higher
immunity level, an increase of 40 percent, more than that produced by the vaccine alone. The study also showed that the Tai Chi group rate of increase in immunity during 25-week study was double the health education (control). The Tai Chi and health education groups immunity "had been similar VCV at baseline. In addition, the Tai Chi group reported significant improvements in physical functioning, bodily pain, vitality and mental health. Both groups
showed Significant decreases in the severity of depressive symptoms.

Previous studies have suggested that Tai Chi can improve immune function. This study (27) was to examine whether the five months of moderate Tai Chi and Qigong (TQ) practice may improve the immune response to influenza vaccine in older adults. Reached the conclusion that the traditional practice of CA improves antibody response to influenza vaccine in older adults. However, further studies are needed to determine whether the improved response is sufficient to provide the ultimate protection from infection with influenza.

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6. Song, R., Lee, EO, Lam. P. Bae, SC effects of a sun-style Tai Chi exercise on arthritic symptoms, motivation and performance habits health among women with osteoarthritis. Kanha Taehan Hakhoe Chi, 37 (2) ,249-56, March 2007.

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10. Lai, J., Lan, C, Wong, M., and Teng, S. two-year trends in cardiorespiratory function among older Tai Chi Chuan and sedentary subjects. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 43: 1222-1227, 1995.

11. Young, DR, Appel LJ, Jee, S. The effects of aerobic exercise and Tai Chi on blood pressure in the elderly, "the movement v. 97 (# 8), 54-P54, March 3, 1998.

12. Gong, L, J. Qian, J. Zhang, Q. Yang, J. Jiang and P. Tao The changes in heart rate and electrocardiogram during exercise of Tai Chi Chuan, the analysis of telemetry in 100 subjects. Chinese Medical Journal 94 (9), 589-592, 1981.

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14. Lee, KY and Jeong, OY The effect of Tai Chi movement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Kanha Taehan Hakhoe Chi, 36 (2) ,278-85, 2006.

15. Lee, HY Comparison of the effects of Tai-Chi exercise, aquatic exercise, and a self-help program for patients with knee osteoarthritis. Kanha Taehan Hakhoe Chi, 36 (3), 571-80, 2006.

16. Kirsteins, AE, Dietz, F., Hwang, SM The assessment of the safety and potential use of weight-bearing exercise, Tai-Chi Chuan, for rheumatoid arthritis patients. Am J Phys Med Rehabil., 70 (3), 136-41, 1991.

17. Have, A., Reyes, V., Judd, M., Taixiang, W., Wells G., Tugwell, P. Tai Chi for rheumatoid arthritis. Cochtane Database Syst. Rev., (3), CD004859, 2004.

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19. Mustata, S., Cooper, L., Langrick, N., Simon, N., Jassal, SV, Oreopoulos, DG The effect of a Tai Chi exercise on quality of life peritoneal dialysis patients: a pilot study. Perit. Mark. Int, 25 (3), 291-4, 2005.

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21 Audette, JF, Jin YS, Newcomer, R., Stein, L. G. Duncan, Duncan, G.; border, WR Tai Chi to brisk walking in women older. Age Ageing. July, 35 (4) ,388-93, 2006.

22. Galantine, ML, Shepard, K., Krafft, L., Laperrière, A., Ducette, J., Sorbello, A., varnish, M., Condoluci, D., Farrar JT. The effect of aerobic exercise group and t'ai chi on functional outcomes and quality of life for people living with the syndrome acquired immunodeficiency. J. Altern. Complement. Mid December, 11 (6) ,1085-9, 2005.

23. Tsai JC, Wang WH, Chan P, Lin LJ, Wang CH, Tomlinson B, Hsieh MH, Yang HY, Liu JC. The beneficial effects of Tai Chi Chuan on blood pressure and lipid profile and the level of anxiety in a randomized controlled trial. J Altern Complement Med. October, 9 (5) :747-54, 2003.

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About the Author

By profession, Dr. Eisen was a university Professor specializing in constructing mathematical models used for studying medical problems such as those in cancer chemotherapy and epilepsy.

Dr. Eisen was the founder and chief-instructor of the Shotokan Karate Clubs at Carnegie-Mellon and Dusquene Universities and the University of Pittsburgh

He became a Disciple of Master Mark and teaches Praying Mantis, Qigong and Tai Chi at the Cherry Hill branch of Master Mark's school.

He was honored by the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, on the 35th anniversary of the introduction of Shotokan Karate, as the founder, for contributing to its growth, popularity and also to students' character development. He was selected as one of the coaches for a world competition of the U.S. Wu Shu team in 2001. Dr. Eisen received meritorious awards from Temple University National Youth Sports program in 1980 and from Camden County College for participation in a student sport program in 1979.

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