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KMID : 0895820100200010079
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2010 Volume.20 No. 1 p.79 ~ p.90
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The Effects of Tai Chi for Arthritis on Chronic Arthritic Pain of Senior Female : A Pilot Study
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Hwang Eui-Hyoung
Yang Chang-Sop
Jang In-San
Kim Jeong-Hwan
Kang Jun-Won
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Abstract
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Objectives : Tai Chi for arthritis was developed in 1997 by Paul Lam, M.D. of family medicine in Australia. It is an exercise treatment program and a good approaching method for arthritis. However its application is limited to arthritis of knee joint only. Even there have been no clinical study in korean traditional medical society. The aim of this study is to investigate effect of the Tai Chi for arthritis on chronic pain of body.
Methods : We designed this trial as objectives were (1) senior female over 60 years, (2) suffering for osteoarthritis and chronic body pain, (3) have no physical or mental dysfunctions (4) able to walk and exercise alone. Objectives mactched these criteria had been trained the Tai Chi for arthritis 2 hours a day for 21 weeks. Before and after training, pain of 8 joints(neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, waist, hip, knee, ankle) were estimated with the VAS(Visual Analog Scale).
Results : Training the Tai Chi for arthritis relieved multiple joint pain(especially neck, lower back, shoulder, wrist and knee) and these were statistically significant.
Conclusions : This study is a pilot study to investigate effect of the Tai Chi for arthritis on chronic pain of whole body. Absence of control group, and other scale to test joint function except VAS were limitations of this study. It is the first clinical approach about Tai Chi in korean medicine field, also the first study of Tai Chi for pain of the whole body.
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KEYWORD
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TaiChi, Arthritis, Pain, Chronicpain, Wholebodypai
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