title: Effects of Dăoyĭn Qìgōng in postpolio syndrome patients with cold intolerance.
abstract: Postpolio syndrome (PPS) is characterized by progressive muscle weakness due to former infection with poliomyelitis and can be associated with other symptoms such as cold intolerance (CI). Dăoyĭn Qìgōng (DQ) is a technique in Traditional Chinese Medicine that impacts the circulation of energy and blood.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  It was to verify the effects of DQ in PPS patients complaining of cold intolerance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten PPS patients were assessed using the visual analogue scale (VAS) adapted for CI before and after intervention with DQ; patients practiced it in a sitting position for 40 minutes, 3 times per week over 3 consecutive months. Patients were reassessed three months after ceasing DQ.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a statistically significant difference in local and systemic VAS-Cold both at the end of DQ training and three months past the end of this.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The DQ technique ameliorated CI complaints in patients with PPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurology, Division of Neuromuscular Disease Research, Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Eduardo
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Gislaine Cristina
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pradella-Hallinan
authors.forename: Abrahão Augusto Juviniano
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Quadros
authors.forename: Beny
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Acary Souza Bulle
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D016262:Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric