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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Hypertension
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1421124
This article is part of the Research Topic Exercise Training and Hypertension View all articles

Does dance therapy benefit the improvement of blood pressure and blood lipid in patients with hypertension? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Provisionally accepted
Jinlin Wang Jinlin Wang 1Yikun Yin Yikun Yin 2*Zhengze Yu Zhengze Yu 3Qihan Lin Qihan Lin 4Yongsheng Liu Yongsheng Liu 2
  • 1 Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
  • 2 Jining University, Jining, China
  • 3 College of Physical Education and Health, Guangxi Normal University., Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Region, China
  • 4 Longyan University, Longyan, Fujian Province, China

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    Objective Hypertension is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Dance, a type of aerobic exercise, is beneficial as a therapy in reducing blood pressure. This study aimed to systematically review the therapeutic effectiveness of dance therapy (DT) on blood pressure and blood lipid of patients with hypertension.Methods Searching CNKI, VIP, Wan Fang Databases, CBM, PubMed, EBSCO(MEDLINE), Cochrane Library, and Web of Science to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about dance therapy in the treatment of patients with hypertension according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, with the search time ranged from the date of database construction to January 2024. The Cochrane risk-of-bias tool and PEDro were used to evaluate the risk of included trials. The metaanalysis was implemented by using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 12.0 software.Results A total of 720 patients were included in 10 randomized controlled trials. According to the meta-analysis, compared with the control group, Dance Therapy effectively reduced systolic blood pressure (SBP) [MD=-7.65，95%CI(-8.74,-6.56)，p<0.0001] and diastolic blood pressure (DBP)[MD=-2.94，95%CI(-3.80,-2.07)，p<0.0001], and it increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) [MD=0.20，95%CI(-0.02,0.42)，p<0.0001]. The subgroup analysis results showed that the treatment efficacy was more excellent with the frequency more than 3 times per week, the cycle less than 12 weeks, and the duration less than 60 minutes every time.The results indicates that SBP, DBP, and HDL-C in hypertensive patients have been effectively improved after dance therapy intervention. In addition, it is recommended to implement dance therapy for hypertensive patients with a treatment cycle of 12 weeks, and treat at least 3 times a week, with each treatment duration controlled within 60 minutes.

    Keywords: Dance Therapy, Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Blood lipid, Meta-analysis

    Received: 21 Apr 2024; Accepted: 03 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Yin, Yu, Lin and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Yikun Yin, Jining University, Jining, China

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