Xiying Li1, Alyx Taylor2, Jinming Li3, Ting Wang3, Jing Kuang3, Zhihao Zhang3, Xiaolei Liu4, Tingting Liu4, Xia Qin5, Shenghua Lu6,7,*, Liye Zou3
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.6, pp. 855-867, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.021508
- 28 September 2022
Abstract Objective: This study explored the effects of Health Qigong exercise on depression and anxiety in patients with
Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: A total of 42 volunteers who met the inclusion criteria were recruited and
randomly allocated into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group carried out
60-minute sessions of Health Qigong exercise five times a week for 12 weeks while the control group did not perform any regular physical exercise. Data on cognitive impairment, psychomotor retardation, somatic anxiety,
weight loss and sleep disorders, the sum score of the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS-17), More >