Developing and Testing the Effectiveness of a Novel Health Qigong for Frail Elders in Hong Kong: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Yan Chai Yi Jin Ten Section Brocades protocol.

New protocol content	Established qigong protocol reference
Routine 1: Wei Tuo presents a Club 1 韋 馱獻 杵第 一勢	Yi Jin Jing 易 筋經
Routine 2: Wei Tuo presents a Club 2 韋 馱獻 杵第 二勢	Yi Jin Jing 易 筋經
Routine 3: prop up the sky with both hands to regulate the triple warmer 兩 手托 天理 三焦	Eight-Section Brocades 八 段錦
Routine 4: look back to treat five strains and seven impairments 五 勞七 傷往 後瞧	Eight-Section Brocades 八 段錦
Routine 5: show claws and flash wings 出 爪亮 翅	Yi Jin Jing 易 筋經
Routine 6: pull toes with both hands to reinforce kidney and waist 兩 手攀 足固 腎腰	Eight-Section Brocades 八 段錦
Routine 7: three plates drop to the ground 三 盤落 地	Yi Jin Jing 易 筋經
Routine 8: Clench fists and look with eyes wide open to build up strength and stamina 攢 拳怒 目增 氣力	Eight-Section Brocades 八 段錦
Routine 9: green dragon extends claws 青 龍探 爪	Yi Jin Jing 易 筋經
Routine 10: rise and fall on tiptoes to dispel all diseases 背 後七 顛百 病消	Eight-Section Brocades 八 段錦