Author/year | Objective | Intervention | Method | Variables | Results |
Li, R. et al./2014 | Effects of 16 weeks of Qigong Baduanjin to fitness and health | Ba DuanJin Qi gong | GC-55 sedentary subjects; GE-55 trained individuals-(learned Qigong 2 weeks before the start); 34.2 years 16 weeks of Qi gong Ba DuanJin 3x/week 30 to 60 minutes | Total cholesterol (TC); Serum Triglycerides, LDL, HDL, SDS (depression scale) Body fat percentage; Flexibility; BMI and circumferences; Blood pressure; HRV, Vital capacity, O2 consumption, Max HR, Max Ventilation; sit and reach. | Flexibility improvement (improves coordination, muscle Power, speed and physical skills); improves body mind coordination; no significant difference in the SDS (self rating depression scale), significant decrease in the body fat percentage; no significant variation on blood pressure, HRV, vital capacity, max O2 consumption and max ventilation. |
Chang, M-Y/2014 | Effects of 12 weeks of qi gong (8 moves) on HRV and perypheral vasomotor response. | 8 moves Dharma Drum’s-Qi gong | Pre and Post test 77 subjects 47-EQG (experimental qi gong) ± 62.98 years 30 CG (control group) ± 65.07 years 12 weeks 30’ qi gong-3x week | HRV-SDNN, low frequency, high frequency and total Power. PVR (peripheral vasomotor response) | é sdnn é low frequency é high frequency é total power |
Chang, C; Tsai, G & Hsieh, C-J/2013 | Laughing Qigong effects on psychological, immunological and physiological systems and to make LQP a standard method to simulate laughing interventions. | Laughing Qi Gong Program (LQP) and Facial Scale before and after each session of LQP | Quantitative and qualitative study Control and experimental groups (CG and EG), 67 teenagers = 34 (EG) (16 male and 18 female) and 33 (CG) (18 male and 15 female) 2 months, 8 sessions of 45 minutes (LQP) and 15 min (data collection) CG (reading or doing homework for 1 hour) | Rosemberg’s scale for self steem (RSE), chinese humor scale (CHS), subscales from CHS (HC humor creativity), (HT humor trend), facial scale (FS); Blood pressure (BP), Heart rate variability (HRV); Salivar cortisol analysis | EG showed significant improvement in CHS é, specifically for HC é; Humor state improved in the FS; cortisol ê, HRV showed significant difference when compared to CG. |
Goshvarpour, A. e Goshvarpour, A./2012 | To analyze and compare the contribution of the quadratic phase of HRV during 2 different meditation models. | Chinese Qi gong and Kundalini Yoga | Qi gong Group (5 male and 3 female ± 29 years) Kundalini Yoga Group (2 male and 2 female ± 33 years) Qi gong (1 - 3 months of practice before data collection)-1 hour of Qi gong meditation. Kundalini Yoga (meditation advanced training level)-1 hour of Kundalini meditation | Heart rate signals-Holter monitor- HOS-higher order spectra QG-holter 10 hours during DLA, 5 hours of recording from the 1 hour practices. KY-holter-1:30 hr and 15 min of easy breathing before 1 hour of meditation. For both the sample rate was 360 Hz. | Different forms of meditation could change specific components of HRV signals and the can have specific health benefits. |