Cargando…
A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations
As a popular exercise form, Tai Chi (TC) has been investigated to determine its contributions to an active and healthy lifestyle. There are an increasing number of researchers who focus on exploring the potential physiological and psychological benefits of TC but only a few systematic reviews of the...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140024/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21792371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/678107 |
_version_ | 1782208511360368640 |
---|---|
author | Zhang, Long Layne, Charles Lowder, Thomas Liu, Jian |
author_facet | Zhang, Long Layne, Charles Lowder, Thomas Liu, Jian |
author_sort | Zhang, Long |
collection | PubMed |
description | As a popular exercise form, Tai Chi (TC) has been investigated to determine its contributions to an active and healthy lifestyle. There are an increasing number of researchers who focus on exploring the potential physiological and psychological benefits of TC but only a few systematic reviews of these benefits to a variety of populations. The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively evaluate the reported psychological benefits associated with practicing TC. Although many investigators have reported possible psychological benefits of TC for children, young adults, older healthy adults, and for a variety of patient populations, many of the reports suffer one or more methodological flaws. These flaws include inadequate study design, including lack of control groups, small sample sizes, unsophisticated statistical techniques, or publication without rigorous peer review. After reviewing the results of the existing literature regarding the potential psychological benefits of TC, we recommend that future investigations be conducted with additional adherence to the traditional scientific process. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3140024 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2012 |
publisher | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-31400242011-07-26 A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations Zhang, Long Layne, Charles Lowder, Thomas Liu, Jian Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article As a popular exercise form, Tai Chi (TC) has been investigated to determine its contributions to an active and healthy lifestyle. There are an increasing number of researchers who focus on exploring the potential physiological and psychological benefits of TC but only a few systematic reviews of these benefits to a variety of populations. The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively evaluate the reported psychological benefits associated with practicing TC. Although many investigators have reported possible psychological benefits of TC for children, young adults, older healthy adults, and for a variety of patient populations, many of the reports suffer one or more methodological flaws. These flaws include inadequate study design, including lack of control groups, small sample sizes, unsophisticated statistical techniques, or publication without rigorous peer review. After reviewing the results of the existing literature regarding the potential psychological benefits of TC, we recommend that future investigations be conducted with additional adherence to the traditional scientific process. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2011-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3140024/ /pubmed/21792371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/678107 Text en Copyright © 2012 Long Zhang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Zhang, Long Layne, Charles Lowder, Thomas Liu, Jian A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations |
title | A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations |
title_full | A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations |
title_fullStr | A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations |
title_full_unstemmed | A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations |
title_short | A Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on Different Populations |
title_sort | review focused on the psychological effectiveness of tai chi on different populations |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140024/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21792371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/678107 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT zhanglong areviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations AT laynecharles areviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations AT lowderthomas areviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations AT liujian areviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations AT zhanglong reviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations AT laynecharles reviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations AT lowderthomas reviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations AT liujian reviewfocusedonthepsychologicaleffectivenessoftaichiondifferentpopulations |