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Development and validation of a Tai chi intervention protocol for managing the fatigue-sleep disturbance-depression symptom cluster in female breast cancer patients [PDF]

open access: yesComplementary Therapies in Medicine, 2021
Objective: To develop an evidence-based tai chi intervention protocol for managing the fatigue-sleep disturbance-depression symptom cluster (FSDSC) in breast cancer (BC) patients.
Li-Qun Yao   +3 more
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Dramatherapy, Tai Chi & Embodiment

open access: yesCreative Arts in Education and Therapy, 2015
This paper will consider potential theoretical, philosophical and pragmatic connections between Dramatherapy (Jones, 1996) and Tai Chi (Zheng, Lo & Inn, 1985); I will specifically consider these connections from the Western perspective of embodiment (Shaw, 2003, Jones, 1996). Dramatherapy is a creative drama based psychological therapy.
C. Holmwood, Holmwood, C.
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Tai Chi Research Review [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare, 2011
This review briefly summarizes recent Tai Chi research on physical benefits including balance and muscle strength and psychological benefits including attentiveness, sleep and anxiety. Cardiovascular changes following Tai Chi include decreased heart rate and blood pressure, increased vagal activity and decreased cholesterol.
Field, Tiffany, Tiffany Field
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A randomized controlled trial of Tai chi for balance, sleep quality and cognitive performance in elderly Vietnamese

open access: yesClinical Interventions in Aging, 2012
Manh Hung Nguyen, Andreas KruseInstitute of Gerontology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyObjective: To evaluate the effects of Tai chi exercise on balance, sleep quality, and cognitive performance in community-dwelling elderly in Vinh city ...
Nguyen MH, Kruse A
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Mechanics equilibrium in Tai-chi diagram

open access: yesAIP Advances
Tai chi culture has a widespread influence on the world. Tai-chi diagrams, as the symbol of Tai chi culture, express the balance between Yin and Yang through the centrosymmetric pattern, but the balance connotation of Tai-chi diagrams needs a ...
Fei Dang, Qingquan Xiao, Pengfei Yang
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Mathematic-Guided Tai-Chi Movements

open access: yesJournal of Taiji Science
Tai-Chi (also spelled Taiji or Taijiquan), the ancient Chinese martial art rooted in Taoist philosophy, emphasizes harmony, balance, and continuous motion embedded with mathematical geometric shapes.
Matthew X. He
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Perilaku Sehat Pelaku Olahraga Tai Chi

open access: yesPsikodimensia: Kajian Ilmiah Psikologi, 2017
Penelitiam ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan perilaku sehat yang dimiliki oleh pelaku olahraga Tai Chi, sehingga mendapatkan gambaran mengenai dinamika seseorang mulai dari latar belakang melakukan olahraga Tai Chi hingga memunculkan perilaku sehat ...
Jeffri Yulianto   +1 more
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Analysis of human mechanics structure in national Tai Chi movement

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2020
Tai Chi is an excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and a treasure of traditional national sports. It has been developing since thousands of years and is increasingly loved by more and more people at home and abroad.
Feng Wang
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Kinesthesia: the creative condition for health communication

open access: yesCreativity Studies, 2020
Kinesthesia is a universal condition. It may be understood as the creative condition for all sense and sensibility. Kinesthesia operates as an enabling mechanism of “I can” and “I cannot”.
Joseph J. Pilotta
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Normative Guidelines for Rehabilitation Related Data Collection and Assessment for Tai Chi Chuan Movements

open access: yes康复学报, 2023
Accumulative evidence has shown that Tai Chi Chuan has significant rehabilitative effects in the elderly and in those with chronic diseases. Based on different movement patterns, the individual stances of Tai Chi Chuan require different integrated ...
Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine   +13 more
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