Key result
Tai Chi practice showed significant efficacy in improving hypertension clinical symptoms and quality of life compared to control interventions across 45 reviewed studies.
Why the study?
Tai Chi attracts sustaining attention for modulating physiological and psychological function, prompting a review of clinical trials assessing its effects on primary hypertension, study design, and quality control.
Does Tai Chi practice improve blood pressure management and quality of life in patients with primary hypertension?
Does Tai Chi practice improve blood pressure management and quality of life in patients with primary hypertension?
Tai Chi practice may be a beneficial adjunct for blood pressure management and improving quality of life in patients with primary hypertension, though current evidence is limited by methodological flaws.
Supports Tai Chi as adjunct for hypertension symptoms and QoL; leaves open confirmation by rigorous RCTs.
The modulation of Tai Chi in physiological function and psychological status attracts sustaining attention. This paper collected original articles regarding the effects of Tai Chi practice on modulating primary hypertension from 7 electronic databases (PubMed, Excerpta Medica Database, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Chinese Knowledge Resource Integrated Database, Wanfang Database, and China Science and Technology Journal Database) from their dates of origin to October 1st, 2020. A total of 45 articles were included. The literature analyses have shown that the benefits of Tai Chi practice for blood pressure management have been identified in all of the included 45 studies, and Tai Chi exercise has shown significant efficacy in improving hypertension clinical symptoms and quality of life, compared to the majority of control interventions, though there are also some methodological issues, including small sample sizes, lack of exact randomization methods and quality control criteria, and lack of specific standards used to measure the characteristics of Tai Chi practice. In the future, the inclusion of additional design standards, stricter quality controls, and evaluation measures for the features of Tai Chi practice is required in trials evaluating its effects on hypertension.
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Teng et al. (2020) conducted a review in Primary hypertension. Tai Chi practice vs. control interventions was evaluated on Blood pressure management, clinical symptoms, and quality of life. Tai Chi practice showed significant efficacy in improving hypertension clinical symptoms and quality of life compared to control interventions across 45 reviewed studies.
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