Health benefits of qigong or tai chi for cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analyses

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-186

  Zeng, Yingchun ^a   Luo, Taizhen ^a   Xie, Huaan ^a   Huang, Meiling ^a   Cheng, Andy S K ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Exercise intervention; Meta analysis; Qigong; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI;

CANCER PATIENTS; EXERCISE INTERVENTION; META-ANALYSIS; QIGONG; TAI CHI;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FATIGUE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; NEOPLASMS; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAI JI;

EID: 84894275097     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.11.010     Document Type: Review

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