Qigong, tai chi en diabetes
Onderzoekers van de universiteit van Queensland, Australie, hebben gekeken naar het effect van 3 sessies Qigong of Tai Chi per week, de sessies duurden 1.5 uur. Diverse indicatoren voor het zogenaamde metabole syndroom, een soort voor-suikerziekte, reageerden goed op de sessies. Er was o.a. een afname in de BMI, de omtrek van het middel, het HbA1C, insuline resistentie en bloeddruk.De auteurs somden de positieve effecten als volgt op:
There was good adherence and high acceptability. There were significant improvements in four of the seven indicators of metabolic syndrome including:
- BMI (mean difference -1.05, p<0.001),
- waist circumference (-2.80 cm, p<0.05), and
- systolic (-11.64 mm Hg, p<0.01) and diastolic blood pressure (-9.73 mm Hg , p<0.001), as well as in
- HbA1c (-0.32 %, p<0.01),
- insulin resistance (-0.53, p<0.05),
- stress (-2.27, p<0.05),
- depressive symptoms (-3.60, p<0.05), and the SF-36 mental health summary score (5.13, p<0.05) and
- sub-scales for general health (19.00, p<0.01), mental health (10.55, p<0.01) and
- vitality (23.18, p<0.05.
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