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Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.

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Tai chi leads to better heart disease prognosis

Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Tai chi
Taking part in a six-month tai chi (TC) exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program may lead to a better prognosis for cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Fifty-four Taiwanese patients were randomised to usual care or usual care plus TC (weekly 90 minute sessions of Yang style TC) for six months. A treadmill exercise test was performed to evaluate their exercise test r ...
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Tai chi practitioners are better at pointing the finger

Categories: Tai chi
Ageing has a negative effect on the ability to accurately point a finger toward stationary and moving visual targets. Tai chi practitioners, however, show significantly better accuracy than age-matched control subjects. A team from Hong Kong compared 30 university students (mean age 24) with 30 healthy older control subjects (mean age 72) and 31 experienced (mean 7 years of practice) older tai chi ...
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TAI CHI PRACTITIONERS ARE MORE STABLE

Categories: Tai chi
Compared with healthy controls, tai chi practitioners demonstrate better stability and body awareness. A cross-sectional study of 24 tai chi practitioners (mean age 68.5) and 20 age-matched controls carried out in Sweden measured various stability parameters in both groups. The findings showed that tai chi practitioners were able to lean further without losing stability and had better overall body ...
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Tai chi is the business at work

Categories: Tai chi
A Canadian study of female computer users has concluded that tai chi (TC) has considerable potential as a cost-effective way of promoting musculoskeletal fitness and psychological well-being in the workplace. Fifty-two participants took part in two 50-minute lunchtime TC classes per week for 12 consecutive weeks. Significant improvements in physiological and psychological measures were observed at ...
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Tai chi for the elderly

Categories: Tai chi, Geriatric
A group of elderly Tai Chi practitioners (with several years of practice experience) were compared with a similarly aged group of sedentary subjects. The Tai Chi practitioners showed higher peak oxygen uptake in comparison with their sedentary counterparts, higher oxygen uptake at the ventilatory threshold,  greater flexibility and lower percentage of body fat. The study concluded that Tai Ch ...
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TAI CHI AND BALANCE

Categories: Tai chi
A small scale study on 24 volunteers over the age of 55 who performed Tai Chi only once a week for 60 minutes found that after 10 weeks their balance was significantly superior to a control group. Considering the suffering and cost resulting from falls among older adults, it is clear that Tai Chi can offer great benefits (J Gerontol Nurs 1996 Oct;22(10):12-7).
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Tai chi and the elderly

Categories: Tai chi, Geriatric
In a US study, 94 healthy but physically inactive older adults were assigned to either learn Tai Chi twice a week or to a waiting list. A significant benefit was found in the Tai Chi group in terms of self-reported movement efficacy and physical function. (Prev Sci 2001;2:229-34).
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TAI CHI & PARKINSON'S

Categories: Tai chi
A small study of 30 patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease has revealed the benefits of Tai Chi. At the 7th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders 2002, data from the University of Florida in Jacksonville was presented which showed weekly Tai Chi classes appeared to reduce the number of falls by a factor of 18, in comparison with a control group. (Report of Seven ...
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Tai chi boosts shingles immunity

Categories: Immunity, Tai chi
In a study to determine the effects of tai chi on boosting immunity to the shingles virus, 36 adults (over 60 years) were assigned to a 15-week tai chi programme group or a waiting group. Their immunity to the chicken pox virus was measured before and after the programme. Those who participated in the tai chi programme showed an increase of nearly 50% in immune cell levels after completing the pro ...
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