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

Table 4

Summary of outcomes of Baduanjin interventions in stroke recovery.

Intervention methods	Course of disease	Number of cases	Randomized trial	Comparator	Intervention time	Positive findings
Baduanjin combined with Traditional Chinese medicine measures	<6 months	90	Yes	Traditional Chinese medicine measures	30 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 6 months	The combination of Baduanjin, eighteen section brocade, and other methods can effectively improve the overall clinical efficacy of stroke recovery patients; improve neurological function and limb function; reduce the degree of depression of patients; improve motor function, muscle strength, muscle tone, life independence ability, and balance ability; and improve overall cognitive function, cognitive dysfunction execution, attention, memory, and processing speed
Baduanjin combined with action observation therapy	<3 months	90	Yes	Routine treatment and nursing plan/Baduanjin	20 minutes/time, 1 time/day, 6 days/week, 1 month
Baduanjin combined with balancing function training	<6 months	60	Yes	Balancing function training	20 minutes/time, 2 times/day, 1.5 months
Baduanjin combined with balancing training	1–3 months	62	Yes	Balance training	20 minutes/time, 2 times/day, 5 days/6 days, 1.6 months
Baduanjin combined with rehabilitation training	<6 months	224	Yes	Rehabilitation training	20 minutes/time, 2 times/day, 7 days/week, 1.5 months
Baduanjin exercise	≥2 months	48	Yes	Health education	40 minutes/time, 3 times/week, 6 months
Baduanjin exercise	≥2 months	48	Yes	Health education	40 minutes/time, 3 times/week, 6 months
Baduanjin	1–6 months	60	Yes	Control group	45 minutes/time, 3 times/week, a 5 minutes warm-up period, 5 minutes relaxation period two times, 1 month
JieYu no. 1 recipe combined with Baduanjin	<3 months	80	Yes	Sertraline hydrochloride	20 minutes/time, 2 times/day, 5 days/week, 1 month
Eighteen-section brocade combined with routine care and rehabilitation	0.5–6 months	80	Yes	Routine care and rehabilitation	30 minutes/time, 2 time/day, a 5 minutes warm-up period, 2 months
Eighteen-section brocade combined with rehabilitation	0.25–6.25 months	96	Yes	Rehabilitation	30 minutes/time, 2 time/day, 3 months
Cluster needling technique at the head point and Baduanjin exercise	1–3 months	60	Yes	Cluster needling technique at the head points	20 minutes/time, 2 times/day, 5 days/week, 1.5 months
Five-element music therapy combined with Baduanjin	6.35 ± 1.69 months	72	Yes	Baduanjin	30 minutes/time, 2 time/day, 1.3 months
Acupuncture combined with eighteen-section brocade	<3 months	201	Yes	Routine therapy	30 minutes/time, 2 time/day, 1 months
Zishen Yisui acupuncture based on the Baduanjin	3–12 months	80	Yes	Baduanjin exercise	40 minutes/time, 3 times/week, 2 months
Baduanjin exercise	6.58 ± 2.14 months	48	Yes	Health education sessions	40 minutes/day, 3 days/week, 6 months
Baduanjin Qigong	>3 months	58	Yes	2 sessions of supervised conventional fitness training in the first week combined with home-based exercise practice	50 minutes/time, 3 times/week, a 10 minutes warm-up, 10 minutes cool down, 4 months
Baduanjin exercise based on original medication and rehabilitation treatment	>3 months	48	Yes	Original medication and rehabilitation treatment	40 minutes/day, 3 days/week, 6 months

Note.indicates that the course of the disease was found in baseline data and expressed as a mean, not clearly defined in the inclusion criteria.