Tai chi for rheumatoid arthritis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2019, Issue 9, 2019, Pages

  Mudano, Amy S ^a   Tugwell, Peter ^b   Wells, George A ^c   Singh, Jasvinder A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CHINA; DAS28 ESR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALGESIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TAI JI;

EID: 85072791257     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004849.pub2     Document Type: Review

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