Acute Physiological and Psychological Effects of Qigong Exercise in Older Practitioners

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of electrical conductance of both sides of 12 meridians before and after qigong practice.

Variables	Before		After		p value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
L lung	54.18	19.66	61.10	22.26	0.014
R lung	57.23	21.67	65.84	20.93	0.001
L pericardium	45.79	18.32	51.69	19.14	0.011
R pericardium	44.57	17.45	52.30	17.26	<0.001
L heart	36.87	15.19	44.28	18.33	0.002
R heart	40.09	16.87	46.20	15.97	0.009
L small intestine	50.77	19.37	61.53	20.89	<0.001
R small intestine	50.89	20.04	62.95	21.13	<0.001
L triple warmer channel	60.90	20.89	70.12	19.69	0.001
R triple warmer channel	62.67	21.65	73.29	19.79	<0.001
L large intestine	55.64	20.49	64.90	21.25	0.001
R large intestine	60.05	20.64	69.10	21.34	0.001
L spleen	21.52	12.95	23.44	12.76	0.296
R spleen	20.38	13.71	21.75	13.36	0.552
L liver	32.71	18.60	39.15	17.55	0.004
R liver	30.75	18.09	37.36	18.06	0.002
L kidney	27.14	18.45	35.84	19.52	<0.001
R kidney	22.85	17.03	32.59	18.58	<0.001
L bladder	14.77	11.80	16.80	10.86	0.228
R bladder	14.26	11.20	15.16	10.73	0.559
L gall bladder	21.85	21.85	27.38	15.51	0.001
R gall bladder	20.72	14.23	25.23	15.89	0.009
L stomach	33.70	20.95	39.58	19.23	0.005
R stomach	32.93	19.21	40.78	18.27	0.001
All mean	37.05	14.31	44.98	14.48	<0.001

L: left; R: right. Significant differences between before and after a qigong exercise.