In the authors' words
“Ping Shuai Qigong improved climacteric symptoms and sleep quality in perimenopausal women at 6 weeks and 12 weeks.”
What was measured
- Menopause symptoms overall Reported an improvement
- Sleep Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Controlled trial
- Who took part
- Perimenopausal
- How many
- 70
- How long
- 12 weeks
- Exercise
- Tai chi and qigong
- Cited
- 31 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 22537466
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