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    KFTC Day: The Simplified 24 Demo

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    Practicing Tai Chi helps improve respiratory function in patients with COPD
    Tai Chi offers a low-cost, easily accessible alternative to pulmonary rehabilitation, according to a new study in the journal CHEST®
    April 4, 2018

    Glenview, IL – Finding ways to help patients with COPD improve their functional status is an area of interest for pulmonary healthcare providers. Currently, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is used where available to improve exercise capacity and quality of life, but the treatment requires access to trained staff and specialized facilities. A new study in the journal CHEST® looked at Tai Chi as a lower cost, more easily accessed treatment option. Investigators found that this slow, methodical form of exercise is equivalent to PR for improving respiratory function in patients with COPD.

    Tai Chi, an ancient martial art that involves significant levels of physical exertion, is gaining popularity, especially among older people, across the globe. Originating in China, Tai Chi incorporates stretching, breathing, and coordinated movement and requires no special equipment. “Knowing the potential benefits of Tai Chi, we hypothesized that, in patients being treated with medication to manage their COPD symptoms, it could help improve the quality of life when compared to a course of classical western style PR,” noted Professor Nan-Shan Zhong, MD, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China.

    The study tracked 120 patients with COPD in rural China who had never used a bronchodilator. After beginning daily treatment with indacaterol, subjects were randomly assigned to groups receiving traditional PR or Tai Chi. Both the Tai Chi and PR groups showed similar improvements in Saint Georges Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) scores, a standard measure of health status in patients with diseases causing airway obstruction. However, after twelve weeks, a clinically significant difference in SGRQ scores emerged favoring Tai Chi. Similar trends were noted in performance of a six-minute walk test.

    “Tai Chi is an appropriate substitute for PR,” explained lead investigator Professor Yuan-Ming Luo, PhD, also of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease. “While neither training approach differed from the other by more than the minimal clinically important difference of four SGRQ points at the end of this 12-week study, an additional twelve weeks after discontinuation of formal training, improvements emerged in favor of Tai Chi in SGRQ score, six-minute walk distance, modified Medical Research Council dyspnea score, and quadriceps strength. We conclude that Tai Chi is equivalent to PR and may confer more sustained benefit.”

    Subjects in the Tai Chi group met for formal instruction five hours per week for 12 weeks and were taught the 24 form Yang style. The results of the Tai Chi group were compared to that of another group of subjects who received PR 3 times a week for 12 weeks.

    Tai Chi
    After the initial 12 weeks, participants were encouraged to continue their Tai Chi either alone or with a group in their community; however, no formal assistance was provided to patients during this period. Those in the PR group were participants received verbal encouragement to remain as physically active as possible. Final analysis of all data was conducted 12 weeks after the formal training had concluded.

    Image: Study subjects participate in a daily Tai Chi session.

    For many patients, reducing the symptoms of COPD can greatly improve their quality of life. While medication continues to play an important role in treating COPD, the cost of those medicines can be a barrier for some patients, especially for treating a chronic illness like COPD.

    “This study demonstrates that a low-cost exercise intervention is equivalent to formal pulmonary rehabilitation and this may enable a greater number of patients to be treated,” concluded lead author of the study Michael I. Polkey, PhD, NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. “Physical activity is key to reducing symptoms in COPD. We do recommend pulmonary rehabilitation, but our study shows that Tai Chi is a viable alternative when there is no local PR service. We encourage pulmonary rehabilitation providers to consider offering Tai Chi as an alternative therapy that patients would then be able to continue unsupervised in their own home.”

    About the journal CHEST®
    The journal CHEST®, the official publication of the American College of Chest Physicians, features the best in peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine: pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine; thoracic surgery; cardiorespiratory interactions; and related disciplines. Published since 1935, it is home to the highly regarded clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements. Readers find the latest research posted in the Online First section each week and access series that provide insight into relevant clinical areas, such as Recent Advances in Chest Medicine; Topics in Practice Management; Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Pearls; Ultrasound Corner; Chest Imaging and Pathology for Clinicians; and Contemporary Reviews. Point/Counterpoint Editorials and the CHEST Podcasts address controversial issues, fostering discussion among physicians. www.chestjournal.org

    About American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)®
    CHEST is the global leader in advancing best patient outcomes through innovative chest medicine education, clinical research, and team-based care. Its mission is to champion the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases through education, communication, and research. It serves as an essential connection to clinical knowledge and resources for its 19,000 members from around the world who provide patient care in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. For information about the American College of Chest Physicians and its flagship journal CHEST®, visit chestnet.org.

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    mandatory tai chi

    Interesting program.

    Chinese students required to master Tai Chi to graduate high school
    1 2018-10-31 09:44:18 CGTN Editor : Gu Liping

    Mastery of 24 basic Tai Chi moves is now required for students to graduate from high school in east China's Fujian Province, according to the latest statement from the province's education administration, triggering heated debate.

    Tai Chi is listed as a mandatory sport in the high school physical education test, which makes up around 10 percent of the total grade, said the Fujian education department, reported Xinhua News Agency.

    As one of the many branches of Chinese Wushu, the broad term applied to the country's various forms of martial arts, Tai Chi is known for its slow moves that are part of defense training. It's also practiced for its health benefits. Accompanied by regulated deep breathing, it allows the body to achieve a state of relaxation and harmony.

    While supporters welcome the change as a way to promote traditional Chinese martial arts and help junior students to relieve academic pressure, others think Tai Chi is too mild a physical activity for active teenagers.

    Schools in other Chinese cities and provinces have also tried to promote traditional Chinese martial arts and incorporated courses including Tai Chi and Kung Fu as parts of their compulsory curriculum.

    However, interest in the martial art remains a challenge. Guo Yuzhao, head of Yidao Tai Chi School in Fujian Province, said that many local schools refused their offers to run the Tai Chi class for free.

    Most of the young people nowadays lack the interest to learn traditional martial arts, said Chu Zhaohui, researcher from Chinese Education Science Research Institute. If schools forcibly incorporate martial arts as parts of the compulsory curriculum, it is likely to trigger students' reverse psychology and will do little help for the inheritance of the culture, he added.

    Guo suggested the government, society and school should work together to improve the popularity of the traditional Chinese martial arts on the campus.

    The country's authority should establish regulations to promote the education of martial arts; the school is responsible for gathering talents to explore and improve the teaching of martial arts on the campus; the whole society should encourage more martial arts agencies to enter the communities and attract more parents to bring their kids to learn martial arts, said Guo.
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    More on High School Tai Chi requirements

    This might be premature, but I'm going to split this into an indie thread Tai Chi required for High School from our 24 Simplified Set thread.


    Chinese students required to master Tai Chi to graduate high school
    CHINA CGTN
    2018-10-30 18:26 GMT+8 Updated 2018-10-30 19:54 GMT+8



    Mastery of 24 basic Tai Chi moves is now required for students to graduate from high school in east China's Fujian Province, according to the latest statement from the province's education administration, triggering heated debate.

    Tai Chi is listed as a mandatory sport in the high school physical education test, which makes up around 10 percent of the total grade, said the Fujian education department, reported Xinhua News Agency.


    Primary school students in Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province perform Tai Chi in a local park. /VCG Photo

    As one of the many branches of Chinese Wushu, the broad term applied to the country's various forms of martial arts, Tai Chi is known for its slow moves that are part of defense training. It's also practiced for its health benefits. Accompanied by regulated deep breathing, it allows the body to achieve a state of relaxation and harmony.

    While supporters welcome the change as a way to promote traditional Chinese martial arts and help junior students to relieve academic pressure, others think Tai Chi is too mild a physical activity for active teenagers.

    Schools in other Chinese cities and provinces have also tried to promote traditional Chinese martial arts and incorporated courses including Tai Chi and Kung Fu as parts of their compulsory curriculum.


    Teacher show how to do Tai Chi for primary school students in Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province. /VCG Photo

    However, interest in the martial art remains a challenge. Guo Yuzhao, head of Yidao Tai Chi School in Fujian Province, said that many local schools refused their offers to run the Tai Chi class for free.

    Most of the young people nowadays lack the interest to learn traditional martial arts, said Chu Zhaohui, researcher from Chinese Education Science Research Institute. If schools forcibly incorporate martial arts as parts of the compulsory curriculum, it is likely to trigger students' reverse psychology and will do little help for the inheritance of the culture, he added.


    Primary school students in Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province, learn how to perform Tai Chi under the guidance of teacher. /VCG Photo

    Guo suggested the government, society and school should work together to improve the popularity of the traditional Chinese martial arts on the campus.

    The country's authority should establish regulations to promote the education of martial arts; the school is responsible for gathering talents to explore and improve the teaching of martial arts on the campus; the whole society should encourage more martial arts agencies to enter the communities and attract more parents to bring their kids to learn martial arts, said Guo.
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