The Science of Tai Chi and Qigong as Whole Person Health-Part II: Evidence Gaps and Opportunities for Future Research and Implementation.

Background: The emerging paradigm of whole person health shares many core principles with traditional complementary and integrative health frameworks, including Tai Chi and Qigong (TCQ). Methods:In the fall of 2023, the Harvard Medical School Osher Center for Integrative Health hosted the inaugural...

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Publicado en:Journal of Integrative & Complementary Medicine Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 521 - 535
Autores principales: Yeh, Gloria Y., Ahn, Andrew, Clark, Janet, Irwin, Michael R., Kong, Jian, Lavretsky, Helen, Li, Fuzhong, Manor, Brad, Mehling, Wolf, Oh, Byeongsang, Seitz, Daniel, Tawakol, Ahmed, Tsang, William W.N., Wang, Chenchen, Yeung, Albert, Wayne, Peter M.
Formato: review Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Jun2025
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          Yeh, Gloria Y.
          Ahn, Andrew
          Clark, Janet
          Irwin, Michael R.
          Kong, Jian
          Lavretsky, Helen
          Li, Fuzhong
          Manor, Brad
          Mehling, Wolf
          Oh, Byeongsang
          Seitz, Daniel
          Tawakol, Ahmed
          Tsang, William W.N.
          Wang, Chenchen
          Yeung, Albert
          Wayne, Peter M.
        affil: Osher Center for Integrative Health, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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          Holistic Health
          Tai Chi
          Evidence Gaps
          Qigong
          Research, Medical
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          Cardiorespiratory Fitness
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      ab: Background: The emerging paradigm of whole person health shares many core principles with traditional complementary and integrative health frameworks, including Tai Chi and Qigong (TCQ). Methods:In the fall of 2023, the Harvard Medical School Osher Center for Integrative Health hosted the inaugural international conference on The Science of Tai Chi & Qigong for Whole Person Health: Advancing the Integration of Mind-Body Practices into Contemporary Healthcare at Harvard Medical School. A two-part white paper was written to summarize key conference topics, findings, and issues. Results and Discussion: Part II presented here summarizes evidence gaps and future research opportunities, including: understudied clinical conditions and populations, impact of long-term TCQ training, understanding the impact of specific TCQ styles, training regimens, dosage, and contextual effects; implementation, cost-effectiveness, and medical utilization research; individual data meta‐analysis, and teaching competencies, credentialing, and licensure. Part I of this white paper discusses the rationale for the conference, synthesizes the state of evidence for TCQ as rehabilitative and preventive tools for a range of clinical conditions, and summarizes the translational research informing therapeutic mechanisms associated with TCQ training.
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