The effect of Tai Chi on health-related quality of life in people with elevated blood glucose or diabetes: A randomized controlled trial

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1783-1786

  Liu, Xin ^a   Miller, Yvette D ^a   Burton, Nicola W ^a   Chang, Jiun Horng ^a   Brown, Wendy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elevated blood glucose; Exercise; Quality of life; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; PSYCHOLOGY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84884416954     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0311-7     Document Type: Article

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