In the authors' words
“Participants experienced significant improvement from baseline to follow-up for the HADS anxiety (P = .003) and depression (P = .020) scales, the emotional well-being scale of the FACT-B (P = .027), the FACIT-Fatigue (P = .030), and the sit-and-teach test (P = .016).”
What was measured
- Mood Reported an improvement
- Fatigue Reported an improvement
- Joint pain No difference found
- Quality of life Reported an improvement
- Balance and falls No difference found
About the study
- Type
- Before-and-after study
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, breast cancer survivors, osteoarthritis or joint pain
- How many
- 12
- How long
- 8 weeks
- Exercise
- Tai chi and qigong
- Cited
- 23 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 24254037
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