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ReviewJournal of physical therapy science2014

Effects of tai chi for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review.

Jiajia Ye, Shufang Cai, Weihong Zhong, Shuhe Cai, Qikai Zheng

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Review in Journal of physical therapy science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Tai Chi for rheumatoid arthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  6. Health benefits of tai chi: What is the evidence?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016
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  8. The Benefits ofJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2020
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  15. The Science of Tai Chi andJournal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jiajia YeDepartment of Rehabilitation Assessment, Rehabilitation Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China ; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Shufang CaiDepartment of Rehabilitation Assessment, Rehabilitation Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China ; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Weihong ZhongDepartment of Rehabilitation Assessment, Rehabilitation Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.
Shuhe CaiDepartment of Rehabilitation Assessment, Rehabilitation Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.
Qikai ZhengDepartment of Rehabilitation Assessment, Rehabilitation Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was to seek evidence for the effectiveness of Tai Chi for patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). [Subjects and Methods] Systematic searches were conducted of the China Journals Full-text Database, Pubmed, Medline, Science Direct-Online Journals and CINAHL for studies published between 2000 and 2012. Studies were evaluated based on following inclusion criteria: 1) design: randomized control, clinical trial; 2) subjects: patients with a knee osteoarthritis diagnosis; 3) intervention: exercise involving Tai Chi; 4) studies published in English or Chinese. [Results] Six randomized control studies involving Tai Chi and knee osteoarthritis were found. [Conclusion] Tai Chi was an effective way of relieving pain and improving physical function. Further randomized controlled trials with large sample sizes and long training period are needed to compare groups who perform Tai Chi training with other groups who undergo other forms of physical exercise in order to confirm the efficacy of Tai Chi.

Indexed as

Degenerative arthritisKnee osteoarthritisTai Chi

Identifiers

PMID25140112
PMCPMC4135213

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