Tai chi for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Hartley, Louise ^a   Flowers, Nadine ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^c   Rees, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FALLING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAI CHI; TREATMENT DURATION; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TAI JI;

EID: 84924270894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010366.pub2     Document Type: Review

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