Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors of T'ai Chi and Qigong Use in the United States: Results of a Nationally Representative Survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 336-342

  Lauche, Romy ^a,b   Wayne, Peter M ^c   Dobos, Gustav ^a   Cramer, Holger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIGONG; REVIEW; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); STRESS; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QIGONG; TAI JI; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964447121     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2015.0356     Document Type: Review

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