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Tai chi helps seniors with depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
A meta-analysis suggests that tai chi can help reduce symptoms of depression in older adults. Authors from the USA and China analysed four trials with a total of 253 participants. Compared with waiting list control groups, tai chi appeared to have a significant impact on reducing depressive symptoms. (Tai chi and reduction of depressive symptoms for older adults: A meta-analysis of randomized tria ...
Tai chi beneficial in rheumatoid arthritis
A pilot study suggests that practicing tai chi can help people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis both mentally and physically. A pragmatic non-randomised before/after study compared the effects of two interventions on 21 RA patients who were allocated into two groups. Both groups followed a tai chi exercise programme, twice a week for 12 weeks, and one group also received auricular acupressure t ...
Tai chi increases brain size and improves memory in seniors
A joint Chinese-US research team has found that practising tai chi leads to increased brain volume and improved cognitive function in elderly people. One hundred and twenty older adults without symptoms of dementia were randomised to four groups (tai chi, walking, social interaction and no intervention) for 40 weeks. Two MRIs were obtained, one before the intervention period, the other after. A ba ...
Tai chi improves balance and walking in Parkinson's patients
Categories: Neurological, Tai chi
Practising tai chi twice a week can help Parkinson's patients improve their balance and walking ability, according to an American study.
Tai chi promotes arterial flexibility and muscle strength
Seniors who practice tai chi regularly demonstrate improved arterial compliance (the ability of arteries to expand and contract with the pumping of the heart), as well as increased leg muscle strength, according to a Hong Kong study.
Tai chi plus drugs improves geriatric depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
A US team has found that the use of tai chi alongside drug therapy may provide additional improvements in clinical outcomes in the treatment of geriatric depression.
Tai chi reduces inflammation and improves quality of life for cancer survivors
Categories: Tai chi
Tai chi may improve quality of life (QoL) for cancer survivors by regulating the inflammatory response.
Tai chi good increases testosterone and improves prostate symptoms
Korean research suggests that tai chi can improve lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs), quality of life (QoL) and testosterone levels in patients with benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH).
Tai chi reduces inflammation
Categories: Tai chi
Practising tai chi can lead to a reduction in levels of inflammatory markers in the blood of older adults.
Tai chi outperforms physiotherapy in preventing falls
Tai chi has a better impact on preventing falls in the elderly than conventional physiotherapy, perhaps because it leads to an increased sense of self-efficacy in practitioners.
Tai chi adds benefit to cardiac rehabilitation
The addition of tai chi to endurance training (ET) leads to improved exercise tolerance and quality of life (QOL) in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), according to an Italian study.
Tai chi better than usual care for low back pain
The first pragmatic randomised controlled trial of tai chi for people with low back pain has shown that it can improve pain and disability outcomes in this population.
Tai chi benefits Parkinson's patients
Categories: Neurological, Tai chi
In a four-year study of 195 subjects with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease, tai chi has been found to improve postural stability and walking ability and to reduce the risk of falling.
Voluntary control over autonomic processes via tai chi and meditation
Categories: Tai chi
Physiological responses normally associated with involuntary autonomic thermoregulation can be voluntarily activated during a tai chi exercise.
Tai chi prevents weight gain in breast cancer survivors
Tai chi can help prevent weight gain and maintain lean body mass in breast cancer survivors by stabilising insulin levels, say American researchers.
Tai chi reduces inflammation
Categories: Tai chi
Practising tai chi can lead to a reduction in levels of inflammatory markers in the blood of older adults.
Tai chi helps overcome cognitive effects of chemotherapy
A US pilot study suggests that tai chi may be able to help cancer patients with cognitive problems that can arise as a side effect of chemotherapy treatment.
Tai chi improves post-menopausal health
Taking part in a 12-week tai chi programme has multiple health benefits for post-menopausal women, particularly for those suffering from age-related loss of muscle strength.
Tai chi beneficial in heart failure
Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Tai chi
Tai chi exercise has measurable benefits for patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HF).
A single tai chi class is psychologically beneficial
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
A UK study has shown that participating in a single tai chi class is associated with significant improvements in psychological wellbeing.
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