Useful links
Here are just a few of the reports, research papers and publications from extensive research into the health benefits of tai chi churn.
Michael P. Garofalo's excellent website http://www.egreenway.com/
http://www.egreenway.com/taichichuan/index.htm
Tai Ji Quan Dao - the Way of Tai Ji Quan has more information about Tai Chi.
http://www.tjqd.co.uk/about_Tai_Ji_Quan/about_tai_ji_quan.html
Cochrane is an organisation that checks how good the evidence from research actually is.
http://www.cochrane.org/
Cochrane and tai chi information.
https://www.cochrane.org/search/site/tai
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) gives access to the research, reviews, and perspectives shaping the future of medicine. http://jamanetwork.com/solr/searchresults.aspx?q=tai%20chi&allJournals=1&SearchSource
SPECIFIC RESEARCH
Fibromyalgia
Tai chi recommended to fight fibromyalgia - BBC 22 March 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43485851
Effect of tai chi versus aerobic exercise for fibromyalgia: comparative effectiveness randomized controlled trial Published 21 March 2018 in the BMJ, (formerly the British Medical Journal), an international peer reviewed medical journal.
https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k851
Although aerobic exercise is the most frequently recommended non-drug treatment for fibromyalgia, tai chi may be more effective.
www.rheumatologynetwork.com/view/tai-chi-tops-exercise-fibromyalgia-treatment
Alzheimers
Tai Chi increases brain size and potentially delays the onset of Alzheimers
http://www.examiner.com/article/tai-chi-increases-brain-size-and-potentially-delays-the-onset-of-the-alzheimer-s
Parkinson's Disease
Tai Chi and Qi Gong for Parkinson's, By BHANU RAMASWAMY Parkinson's Specialist Physiotherapist, Feb 2020
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/tai-chi
How might Tai Chi and Qi Gong help with Parkinson's, information from Parkinson's UK, Feb 2020
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/tai-chi
Tai Chi and Postural Stability in Patients with Parkinson's Disease, The New England Journal of Medicine, Feb 9, 2012
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107911
Tai Chi for patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, October, 2013
http://healthhub.brighamandwomens.org/tai-chi-for-parkinsons-disease-patients
Falls & Strokes
Tai Chi May Reduce Falls and Promote Overall Well-Being Among Stroke Survivors
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10436111.htm
Older subjects who regularly practice Tai Chi found to have better arterial compliance and greater muscle strength than non-practitioners, European Society of Cardiology, 2012
http://www.escardio.org/about/press/press-releases/pr-12/Pages/tai-chi-benefits.aspx
Evidence of relaxation techniques for cardiovascular prevention and management, European Society of Cardiology24 Apr 2018www.escardio.org/Sub-specialty-communities/European-Association-of-Preventive-Cardiology-(EAPC)/News/symposium-beyond-medicine
General Health
Tai chi and medical disorders
http://taichi-inthepark.co.uk/tai-ji-quan-and-medical-disorders.html
Here are just a few of the reports, research papers and publications from extensive research into the health benefits of tai chi churn.
Michael P. Garofalo's excellent website http://www.egreenway.com/
http://www.egreenway.com/taichichuan/index.htm
Tai Ji Quan Dao - the Way of Tai Ji Quan has more information about Tai Chi.
http://www.tjqd.co.uk/about_Tai_Ji_Quan/about_tai_ji_quan.html
Cochrane is an organisation that checks how good the evidence from research actually is.
http://www.cochrane.org/
Cochrane and tai chi information.
https://www.cochrane.org/search/site/tai
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) gives access to the research, reviews, and perspectives shaping the future of medicine. http://jamanetwork.com/solr/searchresults.aspx?q=tai%20chi&allJournals=1&SearchSource
SPECIFIC RESEARCH
Fibromyalgia
Tai chi recommended to fight fibromyalgia - BBC 22 March 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43485851
Effect of tai chi versus aerobic exercise for fibromyalgia: comparative effectiveness randomized controlled trial Published 21 March 2018 in the BMJ, (formerly the British Medical Journal), an international peer reviewed medical journal.
https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k851
Although aerobic exercise is the most frequently recommended non-drug treatment for fibromyalgia, tai chi may be more effective.
www.rheumatologynetwork.com/view/tai-chi-tops-exercise-fibromyalgia-treatment
Alzheimers
Tai Chi increases brain size and potentially delays the onset of Alzheimers
http://www.examiner.com/article/tai-chi-increases-brain-size-and-potentially-delays-the-onset-of-the-alzheimer-s
Parkinson's Disease
Tai Chi and Qi Gong for Parkinson's, By BHANU RAMASWAMY Parkinson's Specialist Physiotherapist, Feb 2020
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/tai-chi
How might Tai Chi and Qi Gong help with Parkinson's, information from Parkinson's UK, Feb 2020
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/tai-chi
Tai Chi and Postural Stability in Patients with Parkinson's Disease, The New England Journal of Medicine, Feb 9, 2012
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107911
Tai Chi for patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, October, 2013
http://healthhub.brighamandwomens.org/tai-chi-for-parkinsons-disease-patients
Falls & Strokes
Tai Chi May Reduce Falls and Promote Overall Well-Being Among Stroke Survivors
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10436111.htm
Older subjects who regularly practice Tai Chi found to have better arterial compliance and greater muscle strength than non-practitioners, European Society of Cardiology, 2012
http://www.escardio.org/about/press/press-releases/pr-12/Pages/tai-chi-benefits.aspx
Evidence of relaxation techniques for cardiovascular prevention and management, European Society of Cardiology24 Apr 2018www.escardio.org/Sub-specialty-communities/European-Association-of-Preventive-Cardiology-(EAPC)/News/symposium-beyond-medicine
General Health
Tai chi and medical disorders
http://taichi-inthepark.co.uk/tai-ji-quan-and-medical-disorders.html