El Tai Chi y el Qigong ofrecen muchos beneficios para la salud, según una reseña

Los 'ejercicios' orientales podrían ayudar al corazón, el sistema inmunitario, el equilibrio, la salud ósea y la calidad de vida, señalan investigadores

Robert Preidt Traducido del inglés: jueves, 8 de julio, 2010 JUEVES, 8 de julio (HealthDay News/HolaDoctor) -- Las rutinas de ejercicio de Tai Chi y Qigong ofrecen una variedad de beneficios significativos para la salud física y mental, según una revisión general de investigaciones previas.

Los investigadores revisaron 77 ensayos aleatorios controlados sobre el Tai Chi o el Qigong que se publicaron entre 1993 y 2007, e incluyeron a un total de 6,410 participantes. Los autores afirmaron que su revisión provee una "base de pruebas más potente" de que el Tai Chi y el Qigong ofrecen beneficios en términos de la salud ósea, aptitud cardiorrespiratoria, función física, equilibrio, calidad de vida, prevención de las caídas y salud mental.

La revisión aparece en la edición de julio y agosto de la revista American Journal of Health Promotion.

"Consideramos (los hallazgos) como un avance en la comprensión del potencial del Qigong y el Tai Chi, con un énfasis en la combinación de la evidencia sobre ambas prácticas", dijo la coautora Linda Larkey, de la Facultad de enfermería e innovación en atención de salud de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona, en un comunicado de prensa del Centro para el Avance de la Salud.

"El Tai Chi y el Qigong ofrecen muchos beneficios para la salud, y por tanto deben considerarse como una prioridad alta cuando se selecciona un ejercicio para practicar", señaló en un comunicado de prensa Shin Li, profesor del Centro de Medicina Integrativa de la Universidad de California, en Irvine.

Lin, que no participó en la revisión, explicó que el Qigong es un "término muy general para describir ejercicios que aumentan el flujo o equilibrio del qi". El término Qigong combina "qi", energía, y "gong", trabajo o ejercicio. El Tai Chi es una forma más específica de ejercicio que se enfoca en una serie de 24 a 108 movimientos.
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