Systematic review finds Tai Chi reduces pain in adults with lower limb osteoarthritis

A systematic review of studies investigating the influence of exercise programs on pain among adults with knee and hip osteoarthritis found that exercise programs based on tai chi had better results than mixed exercise programs, but without clear differences. The authors were able to retrieve 33 studies on the influence of different exercise programs on [...]

Tai chi benefits Fibromyalgia patients

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston MA conducted a randomized trial to compare tai chi to a wellness education and stretching for fibromyalgia. 66 individuals with Fibromyalgia were randomly assigned between the two groups which both met for one hour twice a week for 12 weeks. The patients in the tai chi [...]

Pilot study finds suggests tai chi benefits individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.

Researchers at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston conducted a pilot study of twenty individuals with functional class I or II rheumatoid arthritis. Half of the individuals were randomly assigned to tai chi and half to an attention control group. Both groups met twice per week for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks there was a [...]

Tai chi benefits individuals with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine in Daejeon, South Korea published results in the December 2008 issue of Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine of a study that found that tai chi benefits individuals with Ankylosing Spondylitis. The study randomly assigned 40 individuals to two one hour sessions of tai chi for 8 weeks, [...]

Tai chi is effective in treating knee osteoarthritis

Researchers at Tuffts Medical Center in Boston MA published results in the November 2009 edition of Arthritis & Rheumatism of a study showing that tai chi is effective in treating knee osteoarthritis. The researchers randomly assigned 40 individuals with knee osteoarthritis to two hours per week of tai chi or two hours per week of [...]

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