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February 28, 2016BMC Complementary and Alternative MedicineOpen Access

Increased first and second pulse harmonics in Tai Chi Chuan practitioners

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Why the study?

Does Tai Chi Chuan practice alter pulse harmonics and autonomic nervous modulation compared to controls?

Population

Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) practitioners and control subjects

Comparison

Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) practice vs Control subjects

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

30 minutes post-exercise

Authors

WLWan-An LuYCYung‐Sheng ChenCKCheng‐Deng Kuo

Discussion

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Overview

May link pulse harmonics to autonomic modulation in TCC; leaves open clinical utility pending controlled trials.

Structured PICO

Does Tai Chi Chuan practice alter pulse harmonics and autonomic nervous modulation compared to controls?

P
Population
Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) practitioners and control subjects
I
Intervention
Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) practice
C
Comparator
Control subjects
O
Outcome
Power spectral measures of right pulse wave and heart rate variability (HRV) measuressurrogate

Tai Chi Chuan practitioners exhibit altered baseline pulse harmonics and autonomic modulation, with further changes in the 2nd pulse harmonic after exercise likely related to decreased vascular resistance.

Cite This Study

Lu et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a77e969a7498e5110aef7behttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-1058-4
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