Breathing Exercises (Qigong)

10/01/2008 - "Within-groups analyses demonstrated that the qigong group (p = 0.03), but not the control group, experienced a significant reduction of pain intensity. "
01/01/2006 - "Children who learned guided imagery with progressive muscle relaxation had significantly greater decrease in the number of days with pain than those learning breathing exercises alone after one (67% vs. 21%, P = 0.05), and two (82% vs. 45%, P < 0.01) months and significantly greater decrease in days with missed activities at one (85% vs. 15%, P = 0.02) and two (95% vs. 77%. "
01/01/2009 - "Evidence suggests that breathing exercises, child-directed distraction, nurse-led distraction, and combined cognitive-behavioral interventions are effective in reducing the pain and distress associated with routine childhood immunizations. "
01/01/2009 - "Breathing exercises were effective in reducing children's self-reported pain (standardized mean difference [SMD], -0.43; 95% CI, -0.76 to -0.09; P = 0.01), observer-rated distress (SMD, -0.40; 95% CI, -0.68 to -0.11; P = 0.007), and nurse-reported distress (SMD, -0.57; 95% CI, -0.98 to -0.17; P = 0.005). "
01/01/2014 - "We found positive results of diverse exercise interventions on pain, multidimensional function, and self-reported physical function, and no supporting evidence for new (to FM) interventions (i.e., qigong, tai chi). "

01/01/2013 - "After literature searching and analyzing, it appeared that CM was effective for hypertension in clinical use, such as Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, qigong, and Tai Chi. "
02/01/1983 - "[Observations on the therapeutic efficacy of walking and breathing exercises in the treatment of hypertension]."
12/01/2003 - "This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of Qigong as a non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension and evaluate the contribution of Qigong in the blood pressure (BP) reduction of essential hypertension patients. "
07/01/2014 - "Although some previous studies have shown a favorable effect for qigong on hypertension, well-designed, rigorous trials evaluating the effect of qigong on hypertension are scarce. "
01/01/2011 - "This study will be the first randomized trial to investigate the effectiveness of qigong exercises for the treatment of pre- and mild hypertension. "

03/01/2014 - "The Qigong group had significantly greater improvements in the FACIT-Fatigue (p = 0.02) and distress (i.e., BSI-18 Somatization, Anxiety, & Global Severity Index, p's < 0.05), than the Stretching group. "
10/01/2012 - "Fatigue symptoms and mental functioning were significantly improved in the qigong group compared to controls. "
04/01/2014 - "Thus, qigong presents a potentially effective and safe method to reduce fatigue in haemodialysis patients."
06/01/2009 - "Qigong ameliorates symptoms of chronic fatigue: a pilot uncontrolled study."
04/01/2014 - "The aim of this study is to investigate whether qigong exercise affects fatigue in haemodialysis patients. "

05/01/1997 - "Rigorous exercise training for patients with severe COPD yields more efficient exercise breathing pattern and lower V(E); this is associated with improved exercise tolerance."
07/01/2015 - "Efficacy of Liuzijue Qigong in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Remission."
01/01/2014 - "Direct chest-wall percussion can reduce breathlessness in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and respiratory function may be improved, in health and disease, by respiratory muscle training (RMT). "
02/01/2014 - "The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of Chinese traditional exercise such as t'ai chi and qigong (TCQ) on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). "
01/01/2012 - "We included randomised parallel trials that compared breathing exercises to no breathing exercises or another intervention in people with COPD. "

02/01/2014 - "Yoga breathing exercises used adjunctively with standard pharmacological treatment significantly improved quality of life in patients with bronchial asthma."
06/01/2002 - "For the motivated patient, mind-body interventions such as yoga, hypnosis, and biofeedback-assisted relaxation and breathing exercises are beneficial for stress reduction in general and may be helpful in further controlling asthma. "
01/01/2013 - "To evaluate the evidence for the efficacy of breathing exercises in the management of patients with asthma. "
01/01/2013 - "Even though individual trials reported positive effects of breathing exercises, no reliable conclusions could be drawn concerning the use of breathing exercises for asthma in clinical practice. "
01/01/2013 - "Each meta-analysis included only two studies and showed a significant difference favouring breathing exercises (MD -3.22, 95% CI -6.31 to -0.13 for asthma symptoms; MD 0.79, 95% CI 0.50 to 1.08 for change in AQLQ). "