Determining the safety and effectiveness of Tai Chi: a critical overview of 210 systematic reviews of controlled clinical trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This overview summarizes the best available systematic review (SR) evidence on the health effects of Tai Chi.

Methods

Nine databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Medline, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP), Sino-Med, and Wanfang Database) were searched for SRs of controlled clinical trials of Tai Chi interventions published between Jan 2010 and Dec 2020 in any language. Effect estimates were extracted from the most recent, comprehensive, highest-quality SR for each population, condition, and outcome. SR quality was appraised with AMSTAR 2 and overall certainty of effect estimates with the GRADE method.

Results

Of the 210 included SRs, 193 only included randomized controlled trials,

SUBMITTER: Yang GY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9719113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature