[PDF] Top 20 The effectiveness of Tai Chi on the physical and psychological well being of college students: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... The physical and mental health of college-age youths tends to continuously decline around the ...exercise, Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) may be an available ...the college student population, the ... See full document

... For comparison of the primary or secondary outcomes between groups, a t-test or non-parametric tests will be used for continuous data, and Pearson chi-squared or Fisher exact test for categorical data. To control ... See full document

... potential psychological and psychosocial mediators (for example, depression, self-efficacy, social support) that may be useful in future research, we will examine treat- ment interactions with a list of ... See full document

... group Tai Chi classes customized for patients with PD, and held 3 times weekly for 2 ...simplified Tai Chi movements taught by 2 certified and experi- enced instructors (average experience of ... See full document

... substantial physical and psychological impairment that could seriously affect the quality of late life and greatly cost the health-care ...and Tai Chi are two common traditional Chinese mind – ... See full document

... Background: Tai Chi is a moderately intense exercise that dates back to ancient ...that Tai Chi not only has beneficial effects on metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, cardiovascular ... See full document

... both physical and mental well-being ...improving psychological and physiological outcomes among elderly adults and various clinical populations ...illness, psychological illness) ... See full document

... of tai chi is the deliberate at- tention to bodily sensation, movement, breath, and emo- tion, which fosters acute self-awareness, both physically and ...other tai chi components that foster ... See full document

... using chi-square tests for categori- cal variables and independent-samples t-tests for numerical ...per protocol analysis was ...“per protocol” analyses, we conducted two sensitivity analyses with ... See full document

... American College of Rheumatology conditionally recommended tai chi for pa- tients with knee OA ...[9]. Tai chi is a popular form of exer- cise among older adults, especially in Asia; it ... See full document

... of physical activity that has been widely practiced in China, and even throughout the world, Tai Chi may be favorable for the rehabilitation of stroke ...of Tai Chi for stroke patients, ... See full document

... exercise, Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) may be an available ...the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on depression; however, for the StD youth, there have been no studies to investigate whether ... See full document

... Blood pressure was measured while the subject is seated comfortably. The arm being used should be relaxed, uncov- ered, and supported at the level of the heart. Only the part of the arm where the blood pressure ... See full document

... Schizophrenia is one of the most seri- ous mental disorders with unfavour- able effects on social function, a high risk of chronicity and high costs to the health system. Music therapy in which a qualified music ... See full document

... cise, Tai Chi combines meditation with a series of slow and graceful continuous movements, breathing, and relaxation [1, ...that Tai Chi produces a variety of health-related benefits for older ... See full document

... The study was designed as a single center, prospective randomized, placebo – controlled trial with allocation of a 1:1 ...The study was carried out in Beni-Suef University Hospital, ... See full document

... The study will recruit 160 healthy individuals from the community setting to be randomised to either a tai chi intervention group or a wait-list control ...the tai chi group will attend ... See full document

... has become and still is highly topical. More specifically, the economic crisis and the subsequent austerity measures seem to have thoroughly influenced the psy- chological well-being of the nation. One ... See full document

... exploratory trial ’ phases into the ‘ RCT ’ phase and finally the ‘long-term implementation’ ...exploratory trial phase, we used a multiple case study approach, drawing on different data sources to ... See full document

... the effectiveness of the aforementioned interventions on social functioning [11, 13, 25, 26, 29, ...their effectiveness remains largely unknown. For example, few randomized controlled trials ... See full document