Effect and Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine Exercise Therapy on Stroke Recovery

Table 3

Summary of outcomes of Tai Chi interventions in stroke recovery.

Intervention methods	Course of disease	Number of cases	Randomized trial	Comparator	Intervention time	Positive findings
Chen styles of Tai Chi	0.25–12 months	40	Yes	Modern rehabilitation therapy	20–40 minutes/time, 5 times/week, 0.5 month	Chen styles of Tai Chi-style Tai Chi, fixed-foot stance Yunshou, modified Tai Chi, and Tai Chi. It can significantly improve patients’ motor function, balance and coordination ability, cognitive function, nerve excitability, daily living ability, emotional regulation, and cardiopulmonary function and has a certain safety and prevention of falls. With the prolongation of intervention time, the effect is more obvious. The curative effect of Tai Chi combined with modern rehabilitation technology is better than that of modern rehabilitation technology alone, and the curative effect is improved with the prolongation of intervention time. Tai Chi has certain safety and prevents falls
Fixed-foot stance Yunshou	<6 months	60	Yes	Routine treatment and rehabilitation nursing	30 minutes/time, 5 times/week, 2 months
Fixed-foot stance Yunshou combined with bobath handshake training	<6 months	59	Yes	Routine treatment and rehabilitation nursing	30 minutes/time, 5 times/week, 2 months
Tai Chi Yunshou	<6 months	60	Yes	Routine treatment and rehabilitation nursing	30 minutes/time, 1 time/week, 5 days/week, 2 months
Tai Chi Yunshou	>3 months	30	Yes	Basic therapy (conventional internal medicine and health education)	60 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 3 months
Modified Tai Chi	0.5–2 months	62	Yes	Stretching training	30 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 1 month
Modified Tai Chi	<6 months	73	Yes	Modern rehabilitation therapy	60 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 1 month
Modified Tai Chi	<6 months	22	Yes	Routine rehabilitation	60 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 1 month
Modified Tai Chi	<6 months	40	Yes	Routine rehabilitation	60 minutes/time,1 time/day,5 days/week,1 month
Tai Chi Yunshou	>3 months	80	Yes	Routine rehabilitation	60 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 3 months
Tai Chi	≥3 months	17	Yes	Traditional rehabilitation	60 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 2 days/week, 6 months
Tai Chi catwalk exercise combined with acupoint tuina	0.5–6 months	180	Yes	Traditional Chinese and western medicine in combination with comprehensive rehabilitation	30 minutes/time, 2 times/day, 6 months
Taijiquan	>3 months	62	Yes	Modern comprehensive rehabilitation treatment	40 minutes/time, group training 3 times/week, individual training 2 times/week, 2 months
Taijiquan	≥3 months	16	Yes	Traditional rehabilitation	60 minutes/time, group training 1 time/week, training in family 1 time/week, 6 months
Taijiquan	>0.5 month	56	Yes	Routine rehabilitation	30 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 1 month
Tai Chi posture training	<6 months	110	Yes	Modern rehabilitation therapy	60 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 1 month
Tai Chi pile work	0.5–3 months	80	Yes	Physical therapy and homework therapy	20 minutes/time, 2 times/day, 3 months
Modified 24 styles of Tai Chi	<6 months	60	Yes	Antidepressant drug treatment	60 minutes/time, 1 time/day, group training 1 day/week, 3 months
Modified 24 styles of Tai Chi	<3 months	105	Not clear	Control or Baduanjin	40 minutes/time, group training 3 times/week, individual training 2 times/week, 2 months
Body weight support (BWS)and Tai Chi	≥3 months	71	Yes	Conventional rehabilitation therapies	40 minutes/time, 3 times/week, 3 months, 20 minutes/BWS, 20 minutes/Taichi
Community-basedYang-style Tai Chi	≥3 months	28	Yes	Usual care	60 minutes/time, 3 times/week,3 months, a 20 minutes warm-up period, 30 minutes of Tai Chi exercise, and a 10 minutes cool-down period
Yang-style24-postureshort-form Tai Chi	≥3 months	145	Yes	SilverSneakers, usual care	60 minutes/time, 3 times/week, 3 months, a 10 minutes warm-up period, 40 minutes of Taichi exercise, and a 10 minutes cool-down period
Tai Chi Yunshou exercise	≥3 months	244	Yes	Rehabilitation	60 minutes/time, 5 times/week, each session comprised 45 minutes of exercise plus a 15 minutes warm-up and cool down. 3 months
Tai Chi	≥3 months	16	Yes	Traditional rehabilitation	6 months

Note. The column of course of disease is based on month, and those less than 1 month are converted proportionally; in the column of intervention time, the time of each intervention is calculated as minutes, and the total time of intervention is calculated as months. Each exercise therapy status analysis in TCMET was expressed in such a discounted way in terms of the course of disease and intervention time.