Tai chi augments pharmaceutical treatment of depression in seniors.

Nearly two-thirds of seniors treated for depression fail to achieve remission with pharmaceutical treatment. Researchers at at the University of California Los Angeles carried out a study to see if tai chi could help achieve improved results when used as a complimentary treatment to escitalopram (brand name Lexipro). 112 patients with major depression at least [...]

Tai Chi improves psychological well-being

Researchers at Tufts Medical Center in Boston performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of tai chi on psychological well-being. They reviewed the effects of tai chi on stress, anxiety, depression, mood disturbance and self-esteem. Forty studies with involving 3817 subjects met the researcher’s inclusion criteria. The meta-analysis found significant reductions in stress, [...]

Tai chi improves symptoms and quality of life in patients with moderate heart failure.

A study done at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, UK investigated the effect of tai chi on exercise tolerance in patients with moderate heart failure. 52 patients were randomly assigned to 16 weeks of tai chi or standard care without exercise rehabilitation. While there were not statistically significant improvements to exercise tolerance, the study found [...]

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, [...]

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