The effect of tai chi for blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipid control for patients with chronic diseases: A systematic review

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-77

  Lin, Chia Ling ^a   Lin, Chun Ping ^b   Lien, Angela Shin Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHU ZEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Blood pressure; Blood sugar; Systematic review; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD LIPIDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI;

BLOOD LIPIDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SUGAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAI JI;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873554367     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6224/JN.60.1.69     Document Type: Article

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