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Clinical relevance of Tai Chi on pain and physical function in adults with knee osteoarthritis: An ancillary meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison Between Tai Chi and Balance Training on Spatiotemporal Parameters and Dual-Task Costs During Stair Negotiation in Participants With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025Trial
- Home-Based Shi's Knee Daoyin Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Journal of pain research · 2024Trial
- Reflections on 20 Years of Research on Tai Chi for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: An Updated Review.Current rheumatology reports · 2026Review
- The Science of Tai Chi andJournal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Review
- Non-Pharmacological Pain Management for Osteoarthritis: Review Update.Current rheumatology reports · 2025Review
- Meniscal stress biomechanics in Tai Chi's Brush knee and Twist Step for elderly.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of traditional Chinese exercise for knee osteoarthritis (KOA): an overview of systematic reviews.Systematic reviews · 2024Review
- The Effectiveness of Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.International journal of general medicine · 2023Review
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis with integrative medicine based on traditional Chinese medicine.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- Ayurveda in Knee Osteoarthritis-Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
The clinical relevance of Tai Chi on pain, stiffness, and physical function in adults with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) has not been established. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to address this gap. Eight randomized controlled trials from a recent meta-analysis representing 407 participants (216 Tai Chi, 191 control) in adults ≥18 years of age with KOA and included the assessment of pain, stiffness, and physical function using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) were assessed. The inverse variance heterogeneity model (IVhet) was first used to pool standardized mean difference effect sizes (ES) for each outcome. Clinical relevance, i.e., number-needed-to treat (NNT) ≤10 and relative risk reduction (RRR) ≥25% was calculated across assumed controlled risks (ACR) ranging from 0.01 to 0.99. Statistically significant improvements were found for pain (ES, -0.75, 95% CI, -0.99, -0.51; Q = 8.9,
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