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2022 Jan 14


Medicine (Baltimore)


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Effectiveness and safety of Tai Chi for chronic pain of knee osteoarthritis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors

Guo G, Wu B, Xie S, Xu J, Zhou X, Wu G, Lu P
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Jan 14; 101(2):e28497.
PMID: 35029201.

Abstract

Chronic pain (CP) has been a major area of interest in the field of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), further aggravating the dysthymia, stiffness, and dysfunction of KOA patients. As an important part of complementary and alternative medicine, Tai Chi has a positive effect on KOA patients. The systematic review is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Tai Chi for KOA patients with CP.