Effectiveness of T'ai Chi and Qigong on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 79-86

  Ding, Meng ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^c   Li, Kejian ^b   Chen, Xianhai ^c  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QIGONG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893727620     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0087     Document Type: Review

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