Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31190769›Full record

SynthesisClinical interventions in aging2019

The effectiveness of Tai Chi for short-term cognitive function improvement in the early stages of dementia in the elderly: a systematic literature review.

Karine Huy-Leng Lim, Alex Pysklywec, Michelle Plante, Louise Demers

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Clinical interventions in aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
16.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. The Science of Tai Chi andJournal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Karine Huy-Leng LimCentre Intégré Universitaire de Sante at Service Sociaux du Nord de l'île de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Alex PysklywecDepartment of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Michelle PlanteCentre de Recherche de l'In Université de Montréalstitut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Louise DemersCentre de Recherche de l'In Université de Montréalstitut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal · CACentre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal · CAQueen's University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CognitionAgedClinical Trials as TopicCognitive DysfunctionDementiaHumansMemoryProspective StudiesTai Jibehavioral interventioncognitiondementiaolder adultsystematic reviewTai chi

Identifiers

PMID31190769
PMCPMC6512568
OpenAlexW2944226190

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.