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. 2013 Sep 10;2013:827392. doi: 10.1155/2013/827392

Table 2.

Content validation ratios (CVRs) for potential therapeutic value of the Yan Chai Yi Jing Ten Section Brocades among six experts.

On therapeutic values: the Yan Chai Yi Jing Ten-Section Brocades protocol CVR
Standing Sitting
Psychosocial
Facilitates relaxation 1.00* 1.00*
Relieves unpleasant feeling 1.00* 1.00*
Develops confidence to deal with disabilities and medical conditions 0.50 0.67
Culturally relevant activity and arouses interest 1.00* 1.00*
Promotes social contact 0.83* 0.83*
Physical and physiological aspects
Enforces “deep and slow” breathing 1.00* 1.00*
Enforces coordination between respiration and movements 1.00* 1.00*
Enforces trunk, neck and upper limbs stretch 0.83* 0.83*
Promotes functional mobility and balance 1.00* 0.67
Movements can be easily picked up by elders 0.50 0.50
Easy to learn as routine exercise 0.83* 0.83*
General health
From TCM perspective, it promotes good health through practice of reciprocal movements 1.00* 1.00*
From TCM perspective, it stimulates acupressure points and enforces the flow of “Qi” 0.67 0.67
Promotes physical and psychological health 1.00* 1.00*
Safety
Can be adapted to activity tolerance of each individual 0.83* 0.83*
Can be practiced in old age home 0.83* 0.83*
Adequate precautions to prevent potential harm 1.00* 1.00*

*Indicating statements with consensus agreement among the experts, that is, CVR within 0.75–1.00.