ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
Tai Chi Chuan for Subjective Sleep Quality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- At least 150 min per week of Tai chi practice improves sleep quality in the older people: evidence from a meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of Tai Chi exercise intervention on sleep quality in community residing older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Determining the safety and effectiveness of Tai Chi: a critical overview of 210 systematic reviews of controlled clinical trials.Systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Determinants of natural adult sleep: An umbrella review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Tai Chi modulates resting alpha and theta EEG rhythms in female individuals with amphetamine-type stimulant dependence during compulsory detoxification.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Science of Tai Chi andJournal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Review
- The effects of mindfulness enhanced Tai Chi Chuan training on mental and physical health among beginners: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Hit the gym or hit the hay: can evening exercise characteristics predict compromised sleep in healthy adults?Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Virtual Tai Chi program for patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation: Proof-of-concept feasibility trial.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Tai Chi Training in Cardiorespiratory Fitness of Elderly People.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis review aims to investigate the efficacy of Tai Chi Chuan on subjective sleep quality among adults.
methodsWe systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), and the Wanfang Database from their inception to August 2019 and identified 25 eligible studies that were published in both English and Chinese.
results24 out of 25 studies were identified to be high-quality studies according to the PEDro scale. The pooled results confirmed that Tai Chi Chuan elicited moderate improvements in subjective sleep quality (SMD = -0.512, 95% CI [-0.767, -0.257],
conclusionsAvailable data implied that subjective sleep quality was improved via Tai Chi training, but more thorough studies must be executed to ascertain our findings and optimize Tai Chi practices accordingly toward various populations.
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