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Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:04PM A review, which appears in the July/August 2010 issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion, included 77 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on Qigong or Tai Chi interventions published in peer-reviewed journals between 1993 and 2007. Taken together, there were 6,410 participants in the studies.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 11:14AM Arthritis and Rheumatism
An Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
Volume 62 Number 10 (Supplement) October 2010
http://www.rheumatology.org/education/annual/FinalAbstract2010.pdf
Chenchen Wang1, Christopher H. Schmid2, Yoojin Lee2 and Timothy
McAlindon1. 1Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Tufts Medical
Center
Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain disorder of complex
etiology. Recent evidence about the association between obesity and
FM suggests that this might obfuscate therapy. We evaluated the
association of obesity and changes in FM severity, sleep quality and
health related quality of life in a randomized controlled trial of FM
patients.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10:54AM Evaluation of Tai Chi Course Effectiveness for People with Arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2010(Oct);62(10 Suppl):S288, abstract 690 [conference abstracts PDF here].
Leigh F. Callahan1, Jack H. Shreffler3, Betsy S. Hackney3, Kathryn Remmes Martin2 and Brian Charnock3. 1Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 3University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Arthritis Foundation’s 6-week Tai Chi course in reducing symptoms, increasing function, and improving psychosocial status in participants with arthritis using a communitybased randomized control trial (RCT).
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 4:49PM Abstract Background: low balance confidence is a major health problem among older adults restricting their participation in daily life. Objectives: to determine what interventions are most effective in increasing balance confidence in older adults. Design: systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials including at least one continuous end point of balance confidence. Studies, including adults 60 years or older without a neurological condition, were included in our study. Methods: the standardised mean difference (SMD) of continuous end points of balance confidence was calculated to estimate the pooled effect size with random-effect models. Methodological quality of trials was assessed using the Physical Therapy Evidence Database (PEDro) Scale. Results: thirty studies were included in this review and a meta-analysis was conducted for 24 studies. Interventions were pooled into exercise (n = 9 trials, 453 subjects), Tai Chi (n = 5 trials, 468 subjects), multifactorial intervention (n = 10 trials, 1,233 subjects). Low significant effects were found for exercise and multifactorial interventions (SMD 0.22–0.31) and medium (SMD 0.48) significant effects were found for Tai Chi. Conclusion: Tai chi interventions are the most beneficial in increasing the balance confidence of older adults.
Monday, June 27, 2011 at 2:13PM Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain's grey matter.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 11:12AM Huffington Post : Living : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wray-herbert/meditation-research_b_780525.html
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
The Shambhala Mountain Center sits nestled among the remote lakes and pastures of Colorado's Rocky Mountains, where for four decades it has offered instruction and retreat to serious students of meditation and yoga. Starting in February 2007, it became a scientific laboratory as well. The center began hosting the Shamatha Project, one of the most rigorous scientific examinations of meditation's effects ever undertaken. The Project is now beginning to yield its insights, and from early reports it appears that this ancient practice delivers benefits that go all the way down to the chromosomal level.
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 1:37PM Jahnke R, et al.
A comprehensive review of health benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi. Am J Health Promot 24(6), 2010
A comprehensive review of health benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi.
A review, which appears in the July/August issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion, included 77 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on Qigong or Tai Chi interventions published in peer-reviewed journals between 1993 and 2007. Taken together, there were 6,410 participants in the studies.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 6:33PM Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention:
May/June 2009 - Volume 29 - Issue 3 - p 152-160
Yeh, Gloria Y. MD, MPH; Wang, Chenchen MD, MSc; Wayne, Peter M. PhD; Phillips, Russell MD
Abstract
PURPOSE: To conduct a systematic review of the literature evaluating tai chi exercise as an intervention for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or with CVD risk factors (CVDRF).
Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 2:52PM Tai chi for insomnia
Are you a chronic tosser and turner? Can't sleep beyond the first chirps and tweets of the morning chorus? Try tai chi. The slow, meditative exercise regimen, originally developed as a martial art in China more than 2,500 years ago and practiced widely across Asia today, improves sleep quality in adults with moderate insomnia, CAM researchers say. The benefits, linked to tai chi's well-established ability to reduce stress, kicked in after participants practiced the routine for 16 weeks. You will need regular instruction at first, so look for classes at your Y or gym.
Hidden benefit: Tai chi helps improve balance and reduce risk of falling.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 6:27PM People With Severe Osteoarthritis Got Relief From Practicing Tai Chi, Study Shows
By Kelley Colihan
WebMD Health News
http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/news/20081024/tai-chi-may-ease-knee-pain?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 25, 2008 -- A new study shows the ancient Chinese movement art of tai chi can help ease knee pain in people who have severe osteoarthritis.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:24PM CONCLUSION: Tai Chi exercise improved endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness in elderly women with RA, suggesting that it can be a useful behavioral strategy for CVD prevention in patients with RA.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:28PM CONCLUSION: Tai Chi exercise improved endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness in elderly women with RA, suggesting that it can be a useful behavioral strategy for CVD prevention in patients with RA.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 5:43PM March AARP bulletin reports this research from Michael Haederle in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
