کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2628760 | 1136489 | 2011 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Qigong training and effects on stress, neck-shoulder pain and life quality in a computerised office environment Qigong training and effects on stress, neck-shoulder pain and life quality in a computerised office environment](/preview/png/2628760.png)
BackgroundQigong is a Chinese health promoting exercise with a rhythmic pattern of slow movements and breathing affecting the autonomous nervous system.ObjectivesTo examine the implementation of Qigong for half an hour daily in a computerised office, and to study effects on health state, general health, neck-shoulder and lumbar spine symptoms and stress after six weeks trainingDesignA crossover intervention study with 37 employees randomised in two groups. A questionnaire was completed one week before starting study and every second week during the training period. After 6 weeks the first group stopped and the second group started the training.ResultsThere was a small significant improvement of neck pain and disability following therapy.ConclusionQigong training may reduce neck disability in office workers. A longer training period might be needed in further Qigong studies in healthy, normal populations.
Journal: Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice - Volume 17, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 54–57