Tai Chi and Rheumatic Diseases

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-32

  Wang, Chenchen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Fibromyalgia; Mind body exercise; Osteoarthritis; Pain management; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLEEP DISORDER; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650937572     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2010.11.002     Document Type: Review

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