An 8-week 24-form Tai Chi intervention on cognition in Chinese college students overusing short videos: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study evaluated the effect of an 8-week practice of 24 forms of Tai Chi on cognition in college students aged 18-21 years who were overexposed to short videos.

Methods

A total of 1803 short video usage questionnaires were distributed at a college in Fujian Province, China, and 1790 valid questionnaires were collected. Sixty college students who scored in the top 20% on the questionnaire were randomly assigned to a Tai Chi experimental group (TCG) or an overuse control group (OCG), with 30 participants in each. The 32 students with the lowest 20% questionnaire scores were selected as the low-frequency-use control group (LCG). The TCG participated in 24-form Tai Chi training three times a week for 8 weeks. The OCG and LCG maintained their original habits with

SUBMITTER: Li YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12436120 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature