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Tai Chi Chuan is an internal Chinese martial arts that practitioners believe provide will provide health benefits. This thesis attempts to summarize and analyze scientific studies that test Tai Chi Chuan as a therapeutic exercise. Systemic reviews and meta-analysis were included were based on the following criteria: studied Tai Chi Chuan in context of a specific disease, must include random control trials, and statistical analysis. Overall, Tai Chi Chuan studies portray the martial art as a low intensity exercise with numerous health benefits in pain management, emotional health, fall prevention, cardiopulmonary and cognitive function.
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- The Effects of Tai Chi Chuan on Health
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- Tsai, Andrew Roy (Author)
- Capco, David (Thesis director)
- Tillman, Hoyt (Committee member)
- School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2016-05
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