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ArticleISRN neurology2013

Therapeutic effects of tai chi in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Hye-Jung Choi, Carol Ewing Garber, Tae-Won Jun, Young-Soo Jin, Sun-Ju Chung, Hyun-Joo Kang

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Article in ISRN neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Hye-Jung ChoiDepartment of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
Carol Ewing Garber
Tae-Won Jun
Young-Soo Jin
Sun-Ju Chung
Hyun-Joo Kang
Asan Medical Center · KRColumbia University · USSeoul National University · KRSeoul National University of Education · KRSoonchunhyang University · KRUniversity of Ulsan · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of a 12-week program of therapeutic Tai Chi on the motor function and physical function of idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients (PDs). Methods. The participants were 22 clinically stable PDs in Hoehn-Yahr stages 1-2 randomly assigned to a therapeutic Tai Chi group (TTC, N = 11) or a control group (CON, N = 9). Two subjects in control group did not complete the study for personal reasons. TTC was performed three days a week (60 min/session). Motor symptoms by the UPDRS were assessed, and tests of physical function were administered before and after the 12-week trial. Results. The TTC group, as compared to the CON group, showed changes in the mentation, behavior, mood, and motor scales of the UPDRS (P < 0.05, P < 0.01, resp.), with no significant main effects on the activities of daily living scale (ADL). However, there was a significant interaction between the time and intervention group on ADL (P < 0.05). There were no significant main effects for any of the physical function variables. There were significant interaction effects in balance and agility (P < 0.05, resp.). Conclusions. This study showed that TTC training had modest positive effects on the functional status of Parkinson's disease patients.

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PMCPMC3833322
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