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Evidence map of tai chi's health effects
Categories: Tai chi
A group of American authors has created an evidence map of the effect of tai chi on various health outcomes, based on a systematic review of 107 systematic reviews ...
Tai chi good for chronic pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Tai chi
Tai chi should be considered as a viable therapy for chronic pain conditions, according to an international team of authors ...
Tai chi offers significant benefits in cardiovascular disease
Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Tai chi
A meta-analysis published by Chinese authors suggests that tai chi and qigong can offer significant, wide-ranging benefits for people with cardiovascular disease ...
Tai chi improves sensorimotor processing
Categories: Tai chi
Tai chi elicits changes in neurophysiological function from very early in the learning process and may exert some of its beneficial effects via improvement of sensorimotor processing and better integration of body awareness ...
Tai chi helps by reducing pain-catastrophising
Categories: Tai chi
A study of tai chi for reducing pain-related symptoms in musculoskeletal conditions provides initial evidence that its benefits may partly be due to its effect on cognitive appraisal outcomes such as pain-catastrophising (the tendency to have a negat ...
Tai chi better than conventional training for preventing falls
Categories: Tai chi
Tai chi may reduce the incidence of falls more than conventional lower extremity training (LET) in the elderly, and its effects can last for at least one year ...
Tai chi improves dual tasking in older women
Chinese and American investigators have found evidence that tai chi can help older women improve their cognition and postural control, specifically while dual tasking ...
Tai chi improves physical performance in chronic conditions
Categories: Tai chi
Tai chi can improve physical performance in people suffering from a variety of chronic health conditions, according to a systematic review carried out in Canada ...
Tai chi has vascular benefits in rheumatoid arthritis
Tai chi can improve endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness in elderly women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...
Tai chi effective for managing cancer-related fatigue
Tai chi is an effective intervention for managing fatigue in patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy, a Chinese study has found ...
Tai chi helps reduce inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk in women
Practising tai chi (TC) can help reduce pro-inflammatory factors associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in women ...
Tai chi helps with pain, mobility and sleep problems in cancer survivors
Tai chi qigong (TCQ) could be an effective non-pharmacological intervention for managing head, neck and shoulder impairments in survivors of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). Conventional treatments for NPC often result in trismus (lockjaw) and chronic neck and shoulder hypomobility, which can lead to sleep problems. Fifty-two NPC survivors participated in the study, which was carried out by a Hong Kon ...
Tai chi may reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines in arthritis
Categories: Tai chi
A small pilot study carried out in the USA suggests that tai chi (TC) practice may result in changes to inflammatory cytokine production, leading to reduced pain in arthritic patients ...
Tai chi training improves renal and cardiac function in kidney and heart disease patients
Tai chi training can improve renal and cardiac functions in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) ...
Tai chi and strength training improve balance and aerobic capacity in osteoarthritis patients
A 12-week balance training program combining tai chi and strength training (TCST) can effectively improve balance and aerobic capacity in patients with end-stage osteoarthritis who are awaiting hip surgery ...
Tai chi and brisk walking boost stem cells
Categories: Tai chi
Taiwanese researchers have discovered that tai chi may exert some of its anti-ageing health benefits by increasing stem cell populations ...
Tai chi benefits patients with chronic conditions
Categories: Tai chi
A Chinese systematic review has concluded that tai chi has positive effects on health-related quality of life in patients with chronic conditions ...
Tai chi promising for MS
Tai chi holds therapeutic potential for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, according to a German pilot study. A sample of 32 MS patients participated in two weekly tai chi sessions of 90 minutes duration for six months, while a comparison group received conventional treatment. Following the intervention, the tai chi group showed significant and consistent improvements in balance, coordination and d ...
Tai chi improves risk of chronic disease in senior cancer survivors
Categories: Tai chi
Tai chi (TC) exercise may help reduce risk factors for chronic disease in senior survivors of cancer ...
Tai chi improves balance in elders
Categories: Tai chi
Tai chi practice can help older adults maintain their balance, according to a study from a US author ...
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