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World J Psychiatry. Nov 19, 2025; 15(11): 109331
Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.109331
Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.109331
Efficacy of abdominal vibration technique in Tuina in reducing depression, anxiety, and stress in patients with prediabetes
Yang Liu, Sheng Guo, Pei-Dong Wei, Department of Tuina and Physiotherapy, Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, China
Bin-Bin Yao, Department of Tuina and Physiotherapy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
Wei-Wei Zhong, Department of General Outpatient, Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
Author contributions: Liu Y was responsible for the overall research design, data analysis, experiment implementation, and manuscript writing; Yao BB was involved in data collection and experiment implementation, assisting with data analysis and discussion of results; Zhong WW provided support in experimental design and data analysis, offering technical assistance; Guo S contributed to data collection and experiment implementation, as well as assisting with parts of the manuscript writing; Wei PD guided the overall direction of the study and contributed to data analysis and revisions of the manuscript; all of the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.
Supported by National High Level Chinese Medicine Hospital Clinical Research Funding, No. DFGZRA-2024GJRC010; and The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. 2024-JYB-JBZD-031.
Institutional review board statement: This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Clinical Research Center of Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.
Clinical trial registration statement: This study is registered at the Clinical Registry (researchregistry11419).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, provided written consent before study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We declare that there is no conflict of interest.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
Data sharing statement: There is no additional data available.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Pei-Dong Wei, MD, Department of Tuina and Physiotherapy, Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 6 District 1, Fangxingyuan, Fengtai District, Beijing 100078, China. qq66326739@yeah.net
Received: July 1, 2025
Revised: August 1, 2025
Accepted: September 2, 2025
Published online: November 19, 2025
Processing time: 125 Days and 18.6 Hours
Revised: August 1, 2025
Accepted: September 2, 2025
Published online: November 19, 2025
Processing time: 125 Days and 18.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study explored the impact of different frequencies of abdominal vibration in Tuina on psychological well-being and insulin resistance (IR) in patients with prediabetes. The findings shows that all vibration frequencies significantly reduce depression, anxiety, and stress, with the high-frequency group showing the greatest improvements. These psychological benefits were strongly associated with better glycemic control and reduced IR, highlighting a potential bidirectional relationship between psychological health and metabolic outcomes in prediabetes management.