The effect of Tai Chi exercise on blood pressure: A systematic review

Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-89

  Yeh, Gloria Y ^a,c   Wang, Chenchen ^b   Wayne, Peter M ^c   Phillips, Russell S ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; LIPID;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAI CHI; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45149089455     PISSN: 1520037X     EISSN: 17517141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7141.2008.07565.x     Document Type: Review

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