Qui Gong Programme vs Short Form Sun Style Tai Chi in COPD Patients

"Warm-up: In warm up session joint activities were performed along with light stretching. Patients performed these activities with instructor's commands for 5 minutes.~Liu Zi Jue exercise: patients performed intact Liu Zi Jue exercise (form of Qigong).~This includes six healing sounds, Xu, He, Hu, Si, Chui, Xi and the Harmonized actions along with the instructor for 20 minutes. Cooling-down: After completion of Qigong, patient done gentle stretching to adjust back their breathing and this cool down session lasted for 5 minutes. Subjects received supervised training session for 30 min twice a week."

"Commencing Movement, Opening and closing hand, Single whip, Waving hands in the cloud, Opening and closing hands, Brush knee, Playing lute, Perry and Punch, Block and close, Pushing the mountain, Closing movement.~Participants attended two supervised 30min sessions twice a week. Participants learnt 3 to 4 forms per week and at the completion of study (which is the six week of training), they completed all 21 forms. In each training session, participants revised previous SSTC forms that they learnt earlier up to that session."