The Influences of Tai Chi on Balance Function and Exercise Capacity among Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Basic information of the included literature.

No.	Included literature	Nationality	Symptom	Number of subjects (T/C)	Age (T/C)	Percentage of men (T/C) (%)	Level of evidence
1	Au-Yeung et al. [16]	China	Stroke	59/55	61.7 ± 10.5	55.93	Ib
					65.9 ± 10.7	60.00
2	Chan and Tsang [17]	China	Stroke	9/9	63.9 ± 6.1	55.56	Ib
					63.2 ± 6.0	44.44
3	Huang et al. [18]	China	Stroke	14/14	62.21 ± 9.74	85.71	Ib
					59.93 ± 9.96	71.43
4	Kim et al. [19]	Korea	Stroke	11/11	53.45 ± 11.54	63.60	Ib
					55.18 ± 10.20	54.50
5	Taylor-Piliae and Coull [20]	The U.S.	Stroke	16/12	72.8 ± 10.1	62.5	Ib
					64.5 ± 10.9	58.33
6	Taylor-Piliae et al. [21]	The U.S.	Stroke	53/48	71.5 ± 10.3	64.2	Ib
					68.2 ± 10.3	47.9
7	Zheng et al. [22]	China	Stroke	85/85	61.01 ± 5.20	32.9	Ib
					60.73 ± 6.05	28.2
8	Fan et al. [23]	China	Stroke	43/43	63.4 ± 5.0	67.44	Ib
					63.8 ± 5.3	69.77
9	Fu and Zhang [24]	China	Stroke	30/30	59.7 ± 7.6	63.33	Ib
					60.3 ± 8.4	60
10	Li et al. [25]	China	Stroke	30/30	71.03 ± 8.21	56.67	Ib
					71.06 ± 8.33	53.33
11	Liu et al. [26]	China	Stroke	24/24	52.13 ± 14.13	58.33	Ib
					53.51 ± 12.63	45.83
12	Xiao [27]	China	Stroke	46/46	57.51 ± 1.14	67.39	Ib
					57.68 ± 1.75	65.22
13	Xu et al. [28]	China	Stroke	40/40	60.14 ± 10.25	55	Ib
					48.23 ± 12.32	40
14	Yang and Liu [29]	China	Stroke	28/21	51.43 ± 47.63	60.71	Ib
					54.02 ± 38.41	61.90
15	Yang and Tang [30]	China	Stroke	28/21	51.43 ± 15.63	60.71	Ib
					54.85 ± 11.85	66.67
16	Yang et al. [31]	China	Stroke	30/30	58 ± 11.27	66.67	Ib
					60.07 ± 7.87	60
17	Zhang et al. [32]	China	Stroke	20/20	67.80 ± 12.22	50	Ib
					66.65 ± 10.49	55
18	Zhao et al. [33]	China	Stroke	30/30	53.85 ± 11.69	66.67	Ib
					51.38 ± 14.83	63.33
19	Yi et al. [34]	China	Stroke	66/66	48.78 ± 13.52	63.64	Ib
					47.69 ± 14.91	59.09

T: treatment group; C: control group.