Tai Chi Research » Brain Injury http://www.taichiresearch.com The Source for Tai Chi Research, Tai Chi Articles and Tai Chi Videos Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:06:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Tai chi qigong improves mood and self-esteem for individuals with traumatic brain injury. http://www.taichiresearch.com/865/tai-chi-qigong-improves-mood-and-self-esteem-for-individuals-with-traumatic-brain-injury/ http://www.taichiresearch.com/865/tai-chi-qigong-improves-mood-and-self-esteem-for-individuals-with-traumatic-brain-injury/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:06:41 +0000 David Bendall http://www.taichiresearch.com/?p=865

TC Dominican 2000 Group 2

Researchers at the University of Nottingham randomly assigned 20 individuals with traumatic brain injuries a one hour per week, 8 week tai chi qigong class or a non-exercise based social and leisure activity of the same duration.

After the intervention the tai chi group had statistically significant improvements in mood compared to the controls. Furthermore, the tai chi group, but not the controls had statistically significant improvements in self-esteem.

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