Key result
Protocol outlines upcoming meta-analysis assessing traditional Chinese exercise for non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
Why the study?
Traditional Chinese exercises have become part of cardiac rehabilitation, but a systematic review and meta-analysis is needed to provide a theoretical basis and clarify their efficacy and safety for treating non-valvular AF.
Does traditional Chinese exercise added to conventional western medicine reduce the risk of stroke or systemic embolism in adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation?
Systematic Review
Does traditional Chinese exercise added to conventional western medicine reduce the risk of stroke or systemic embolism in adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation?
This is a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis, meaning no clinical results or conclusions can be drawn yet.
No practice change from protocol alone; leaves open efficacy of traditional Chinese exercises in non-valvular AF pending meta-analysis completion.
INTRODUCTION: Traditional Chinese exercises have become an important part of cardiac rehabilitation. It can coordinate the essence, qi, and spirit of the human body, and has the functions of promoting joints, stretching muscles and bones, ventilating and blood circulation, so as to achieve the balance between hardness and softness, and between yin and yang. We hope that the research results based on systematic review and meta-analysis will provide a theoretical basis for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) with traditional Chinese exercise. METHODS: The systematic review will be performed according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. The protocol is being reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols Statement. An literature search strategy will be developed and adapted for 9 databases. Searches will be run from the database inception until the date of the search implementation and be updated before the review is completed. Meta analysis will be performed using Review Manager 5.3 and R packages. CONCLUSION: This protocol introduces a systematic review and meta-analysis of traditional Chinese exercises in the treatment of nonvalvular AF and will clarify the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese exercises in the treatment of AF. This will further provide theoretical support for clinical treatment of AF.
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Wang et al. (2022) conducted a systematic review in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Traditional Chinese exercise + Conventional western medicine vs. Conventional treatment of Western medicine was evaluated on Stroke, systemic embolism. This protocol outlines a planned systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese exercises for non-valvular atrial fibrillation, with no results yet available.
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