The efficacy of traditional Chinese Medical Exercise for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Several studies assessed the efficacy of traditional Chinese medical exercise in the management of Parkinson's disease (PD), but its role remained controversial. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate the evidence on the effect of traditional Chinese medical exercise for PD.

Methods

Seven English and Chinese electronic databases, up to October 2014, were searched to identify relevant studies. The PEDro scale was employed to assess the methodological quality of eligible studies. Meta-analysis was performed by RevMan 5.1 software.

Results

Fifteen trials were included in the review. Tai Chi and Qigong were used as assisting pharmacological treatments of PD in the previous studies. Tai Chi plus medication showed greater im

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4382160 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature