Publications by authors named "Chi Tao So"
Article Synopsis
- The Manchester Respiratory Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (MRADLQ) is a reliable tool for assessing functional level in COPD patients, but it hadn't been validated in Hong Kong prior to this study.
- A Chinese version with pictorial enhancements (C-MRADLQ) was developed and tested for reliability and validity among 238 COPD patients and 64 controls.
- Results show that C-MRADLQ has excellent reliability and strong correlations with various COPD assessment metrics, indicating it can effectively predict overall patient condition in a clinical setting.
Traditional Chinese exercises for pulmonary rehabilitation: evidence from a systematic review.
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev
July 2015
Background: Qigong (QG) and tai chi (TC), alternative forms of exercise based on traditional Chinese medicine, are reported to be beneficial to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This systematic review analyzed the evidence and made recommendations for clinical applications and future research.
Methods: Key words "qigong," "tai chi," "COPD," and "randomized controlled trial" or corresponding terms in Chinese were searched using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and 3 Chinese databases.