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Research on Function and Mechanism of Tai Chi on Cardiac Rehabilitation

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With the increasing number of cardiovascular patients, more and more people are living with diseases. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an effective treatment and prevention measure for cardiovascular disease (CVD), which aims to relieve both psychological and physiological stress of CVD, reduce risk of death from CVD, improve cardiovascular function and patients' quality of life. Tai Chi is popular in China and mainly used as a daily leisure activity for the elderly to strengthen their bodies. This review discusses whether Tai Chi could be taken as a positive intervention in CR and what is the exact role and its mechanisms as exercise therapy for CVD. The authors detail the role of Tai Chi on CR from the aspects of exercise capacity, risk factors of CVD and psychological factors, etc., as well as highlight the limitation of Tai Chi research at present.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation, Acupuncture and Moxibustion and Massage College • Health Preservation and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Duan Cheng & Lei Wang

  2. Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100102, China

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  3. Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China

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Cheng D and Wang B were co-first authors for this article, who were responsible for reviewing the literature, and writing the manuscript. Li Q summarized data. Guo Y and Wang L conceptualized and developed an outline for the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript for publication.

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program (No. 81772444), the Nursing Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (No.2019YSHL047)

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Cheng, D., Wang, B., Li, Q. et al. Research on Function and Mechanism of Tai Chi on Cardiac Rehabilitation. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 26, 393–400 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-020-3262-9

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