A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of Qigong and Tai Chi for depressive symptoms. Issue 4 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Xin; Clark, Justin; Siskind, Dan; Williams, Gail M.; Byrne, Gerard; Yang, Jiao L.; Doi, Suhail A.
• Is Part Of: Complementary therapies in medicine. Volume 23:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 516
• Page End: 534
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Alternative medicine -- Periodicals; Complementary Therapies -- Periodicals; Médecines parallèles -- Périodiques; Thérapeutique -- Périodiques; Alternative medicine; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 615.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.05.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-2299

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Qigong has been shown to be beneficial for reducing depressive symptom severity.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Tai Chi appears to be ineffective in reducing depressive symptom severity.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">All other forms of care do not result in a change in depressive symptom severity.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>