In the authors' words
“Health Qigong Baduanjin can reduce the blood sugar of obese female patients with diabetes, and has some improvement effect on the body part of obesity and blood lipid indicators.”
What was measured
- Blood sugar and insulin Reported an improvement
- Body fat and weight Reported an improvement
- Cholesterol and lipids Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Midlife women, metabolic syndrome or diabetes, overweight or obesity
- How many
- 40
- How long
- 24 weeks
- Exercise
- Tai chi and qigong
- Cited
- 16 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 29926653
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