Tai Chi Medical

The Question:

Can Tai Chi be used treat knee osteoarthritis?

The Answer:

This study will be completed by July 2009.

The Study:

Tai Chi for treating knee osteoarthritis: Designing a long-term follow up randomized controlled trial.

Forty patients were randomly allocated to either Tai Chi  or to attention control (wellness education and stretching). Patients participated in 60 minutes of Tai Chi sessions, twice a week, for 12 weeks. The Tai Chi program was a modified form of the classical Yang Style designed to avoid knee stress.

Chenchen Wang, Christopher H Schmid, Patricia L Hibberd, Robert Kalish, Ronenn Roubenoff, Ramel Rones, Aghogho Okparavero, and Timothy McAlindon
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2008 July. Free full text.

Diseases and Conditions Knee Osteoarthritis