@article{ref1,
title="Effects of tai chi on balance and gait in stroke survivors: a systematic meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2018",
author="Li, Gai Yan and Wang, Wei and Liu, Gong Liang and Zhang, Ying",
volume="50",
number="7",
pages="582-588",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of tai chi on balance and gait in stroke survivors. <br><br>METHODS: A systematic meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the effects of tai chi on balance and gait in stroke survivors. <br><br>RESULTS: Five randomized controlled trials, with a total of 346 patients, were included in the meta-analysis. All of these studies had a high bias based on the Cochrane Collaboration recommendation, and a relatively small sample size. In the pooled analysis, the tai chi group exhibited a significantly better gait ability than the control group, as evaluated with the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) (-0.26 [-0.50 to -0.03], p = 0.027; I2=0%, p = 0.682), but no significant difference in dynamic standing balance scores was found between tai chi and control groups (0.154 [-0.269 to 0.578], p = 0.475; I2=26.6%, p = 0.256). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Tai chi may be beneficial for stroke survivors with respect to gait ability in the short term, but further large, long-term randomized controlled trials with standard evaluation indicators are needed to confirm this conclusion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1650-1977",
doi="10.2340/16501977-2346",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2346"
}