Sleeppreliminary · human dataDiscovery of the day
Across 18 randomised trials in people with sleep disorders, traditional Chinese mind-body exercise improved outcomes: tai chi combined with transcranial magnetic stimulation ranked best for sleep quality, while tai chi and Baduanjin both significantly improved quality of life.
- Study design
- Systematic review
- Journal
- Front Psychiatry
- Evidence
- preliminary
What it shows: Decent but messy evidence: pooled results from 18 trials where people were assigned at random, and the trials disagreed with each other on how big the benefits were. The standout sleep result also required transcranial magnetic stimulation alongside the exercise, which is clinic equipment rather than something you can do at home.Systematic review · Front Psychiatry
A comparative study of traditional Chinese mind-body therapies on sleep quality, mental health, and quality of life in patients with sleep disorders: a network meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials. Front Psychiatry 2026Read the study →