Qigong for movement disorders: A systematic review

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-303

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIGONG; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BREATHING EXERCISES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 61649119035     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22275     Document Type: Review

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