T'ai Chi and Qigong for health: Patterns of use in the united states

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 969-973

  Birdee, Gurjeet S ^a   Wayne, Peter M ^a   Davis, Roger B ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^b   Yeh, Gloria Y ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GOUT; HEALTH; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUNG DISEASE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIGONG; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SAFETY; SPRAIN; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TAI JI; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

EID: 70349306554     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0174     Document Type: Article

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