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Journal 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.
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Complementary 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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Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2021 Background: There is increasing evidence that practicing tai chi or yoga can improve the elderly’s physical performance. This study aimed to compare the effects of tai chi and yoga on balance and leg muscle strength in the elderly.
MENTARI A. JELITA +3 more
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Kinesthesia: the creative condition for health communication
Creativity 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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Analysis of human mechanics structure in national Tai Chi movement
International 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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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2020 Background The newly compiled Bafa Wubu of Tai Chi (Eight Methods and Five Footworks) is a fitness routine that has been developed in accordance with the appeal of the General Administration of Sport of China and promoted both in China and abroad.
Shaojun Lyu +7 more
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Tai Chi exercise improves working memory capacity and emotion regulation ability
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 PurposeThe study aimed to research the promoting effects of Tai Chi exercise on working memory capacity and emotional regulation ability among college students.MethodsFifty-five participants were recruited and randomly divided into the Tai Chi group and ...
Yi Wang, Jing Tian, Qingxuan Yang
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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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Current trends in tai chi for stroke rehabilitation
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, 2015 Background: There are an increasing number of studies focusing on the effect of tai chi for different diseases. As a special form of physical activity, tai chi may be beneficial for the rehabilitation of stroke, a leading cause of disability worldwide ...
Yong Zhang +5 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 BackgroundTai Chi may be a promising exercise to prevent and control bone loss in postmenopausal women. This meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis aimed to evaluate the effect and safety of Tai Chi on bone health in postmenopausal women.MethodSeven
Xiaobo Liu +10 more
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