Quality of Reporting of Randomized Clinical Trials in Tai Chi Interventions—A Systematic Review

Table 3

List of clinical applications that Tai Chi has been tested for in RCTs published between 1992 and 2007.

Clinical application	Number of trials (Reference numbers)
Balance improvement and fall prevention	16 [16, 17, 20, 21, 25, 29, 32, 36, 39, 40, 43, 48, 50, 53–55]
Osteoarthritis	4 [23, 27, 46, 47]
Quality of life among patients with chronic disease	3 [33, 35, 42]
Psychological health	3 [15, 18, 44]
Bone health	2 [30, 51]
Hypertension	2 [22, 28]
Immune health	2 [26, 49]
Heart failure	2 [34, 45]
Physical functions	1 [24]
Tension-type headaches	1 [56]
Sleep problems	1 [31]
Reduction in cardiovascular disease risk factors	1 [37]
Traumatic brain injury	1 [41]
Diabetes control	1 [52]
Rehabilitation following acute myocardial infarction	1 [19]
General fitness	1 [38]