Tai chi and reduction of depressive symptoms for older adults: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-12

  Chi, Iris ^a   Jordan Marsh, Maryalice ^a   Guo, Man ^b   Xie, Bin ^c   Bai, Zhenggang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Meta analysis; Older adults; Randomized trial; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TAI JI;

EID: 84871942470     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00882.x     Document Type: Review

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