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Tai Chi for Essential Hypertension
Objectives. To assess the current clinical evidence of Tai Chi for essential hypertension (EH). Search Strategy. 7 electronic databases were searched until 20 April, 2013. Inclusion Criteria. We included randomized trials testing Tai Chi versus routine care or antihypertensive drugs. Trials testing Tai Chi combined with antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs were also included. Da...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1155/2013/215254