Background: The effectiveness of Tai Chi Chuan in treating various ailments has been well reported; however, its effect on back pain and lumbar spondylosis remains unclear. Methods: We performed this meta-analysis under the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and M...

Background: The efficacy of meditation-based therapies for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the lifespan remains uncertain. Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the efficacy of meditation-based therapie...

To what extent meditation techniques (which incorporate practices to regulate attention, construct individual values, or deconstruct self-related assumptions), are more or less effective than relaxation therapy in the treatment of anxiety, is not clear. The aim of this study was to examine the ef...

Aims: Whether Tai Chi (TC) benefits patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains controversial. Thus, we performed a meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of TC in T2DM patients. Methods: A computerised search through PubMed and Embase was performed to identify relevant studies. The prim...

Background: Aromatherapy is a treatment method that applies fragrant extracts from herbal plants, existed long ago in medical history as a major treatment approach and now used as an auxiliary treatment and sometimes a major treatment for pain and stress management, including those that occur in ...

The necessity of lifelong treatment and the potential side effects like upper gastrointestinal symptoms hinder pharmacologic treatments for osteoporosis. Tai Chi (TC), one of traditional Chinese exercises without side effects, has proven to be effective in the treatment of many orthopedic diseas...

目的系统评价不同干预方法对恶性肿瘤患儿生存质量的改善效果。方法计算机检索科学引文索引（Web）、PubMed、学术期刊数据库（ASP）、OVID、中国知网、万方数据库、中国生物医学文献数据库和维普数据库,搜索关于不同干预方法对恶性肿瘤患儿生存质量影响的随机对照试验（RCT）,文献日期均为建库至2021年2月。由2名专业评价者独立依照标准筛选文献、提取资料并评价文献质量后,根据纳入研究的同质性采用Stata软件进行meta分析或描述性分析。结果共纳入14篇文献,涉及6种干预方法,其中,以家庭为中心的护理、延续护理、责任制整体护理、心理治疗均提高了恶性肿瘤患儿生存质量（P＜0.05）;前三者...

目的:评价有氧运动、抗阻运动、瑜伽、传统健身功法4种不同运动对慢性阻塞性肺疾病（chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,COPD）患者的影响,从肺功能、6 min步行实验（6 minutes walk test,6MWT）、生存质量3方面,分析比较不同运动方式对慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者肺功能及生存质量的改善效果,有针对性的在慢性阻塞性肺疾病的预防和管理方面提供合理建议和科学依据。方法:建立纳入和排除标准,通过检索PubMed、Web of Science、Embase、Cochrane Library、中国知网（CNKI）、万方等文献数据库,收集运动对慢性...

目的:评价运动对颈动脉粥样硬化的防治作用,从颈动脉内膜中层厚度（cIMT）、血流介导的血管舒张功能（FMD）和颈动脉脉搏波传导速度（cPWV）3个方面,分析比较不同方式运动对颈动脉粥样硬化的改善效果,为心血管系统疾病的预防和管理提供循证建议。方法:检索PubMed、EBSCO host、Cochrane library、Elsevier、Web of Science、CNKI、万方等数据库,收集运动对颈动脉粥样硬化干预的随机对照试验（RCT）,应用RCT偏倚风险评价标准对纳入的研究进行方法学质量评价,采用Stata软件进行异质性分析和潜在发表偏倚分析。结果:运动锻炼降低了人体的cIMT ...

目的通过网状Meta分析比较不同传统养生功法对慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）稳定期患者运动耐力的影响。方法检索ProQuest、Scopus、Pub Med、Web of Science、Cochrane Library、中国知识资源总库（CNKI）、中国学术期刊数据库（万方数据）、中文科技期刊数据库（维普网）和中国生物医学文献数据库（CBM）建库至2020年6月关于传统养生功法治疗COPD的随机对照试验（RCT）。由2位评审员依据Cochrane手册5.1.0对纳入研究进行风险质量评估,并在数据提取后使用Stata14.0及GeMTC0.14.3进行分析。结果最终纳入46项RCT,涉及3...