Research · 7 sources
Research
Explore qigong and tai chi research on sleep, falls and other outcomes. Check who took part, what they practised, the results and what remains uncertain.
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Baduanjin Benefits: What the 2017 Review Actually Found
Explore a review of 19 Baduanjin trials. See what sleep and quality-of-life scores measured, how the programmes differed, and why results have limits.
Sleep · Quality of life · Physical function · Checked
Tai Chi and Falls: Reading the 2019 Cochrane Review
Understand two tai chi findings in a falls-prevention review: the rate of falls and the number of people who fell, with different certainty ratings.
Falls · Balance · Checked
Baduanjin and Sleep: What a 12-Week Trial Reported
Read what a small Baduanjin trial in older adults reported about sleep at four and 12 weeks, and what its abstract leaves unclear about size and safety.
Sleep · Checked
Tai Chi for Fall Prevention: Inside the 2018 Trial
Explore a 24-week trial with 670 older adults. See the specific tai chi programme, falls recorded, comparison groups, reported events and study limits.
Falls · Balance · Checked
Tai Chi and Fibromyalgia: What the 2018 Trial Found
Read a trial comparing tai chi with aerobic exercise in 226 adults with fibromyalgia. Separate the 24-week findings from the smaller one-year follow-up.
Pain · Quality of life · Checked
Tai Chi Research and Safety: A Guide to NCCIH Advice
Use NCCIH information to understand tai chi studies, general safety and questions for a teacher. Check which findings apply to which groups of people.
Research methods · Safety · Checked
Qigong Research: Does the Evidence Fit Your Practice?
Learn why a qigong study cannot automatically establish the effects of Baduanjin or Jingang Gong. Check the named practice, participants and comparison.
Safety · Research methods · Checked
Research by practice and question
Explore sleep, stress and balance questions, including research on yoga and meditation.
Qigong for Stress: What Reviews Can and Cannot Tell You
Compare two qigong reviews, their participants and control groups. Then check what a course asks of you without turning a calm session into a health promise.
Qigong and Sleep: Read the Trials Before Setting a Goal
Explore Baduanjin and tai chi sleep studies, including who took part and what was measured. Separate a bedtime routine from evidence about chronic insomnia.
Tai Chi for Balance: Choosing a Course and Reading Trials
Understand the difference between balance and falls, what tai chi trials actually taught, and which questions to ask before choosing a suitable beginner class.
How Long Do Qigong Benefits Take? Read Study Timelines
Learn how course length, measurement dates, and follow-up differ. Use tai chi and yoga studies to understand why research cannot give a personal deadline.
Baduanjin Benefits: What Sleep and Weight Studies Show
Explore Baduanjin research on sleep, quality of life and weight. Check who took part, how long programmes lasted, and what the findings cannot promise.
Meditation for Stress: What the 2014 Review Reported
Read a review of 47 meditation trials: anxiety, stress, and sleep results differed. Understand active controls, small effects, and limits of short audio guides.
Mindfulness and Anxiety: What the Eight-Week Trial Shows
Understand the MBSR anxiety trial: 276 randomized adults, 208 in the main analysis, substantial guided practice, a noninferiority margin, and reported harms.
Meditation Benefits: Body Scans, Courses, and Evidence
Separate feeling calmer from measured health outcomes. Read the evidence for body scans and structured mindfulness courses, with participants and limits clear.
Tai Chi Benefits: What Balance, Sleep and Pain Trials Found
Read three tai chi trials with their participants, class schedules, outcomes, and limits. Separate falls, sleep measures, and fibromyalgia impact from promises.
Yoga and Chronic Low Back Pain: The 2022 Study Review
Read what 21 trials found about yoga and chronic low back pain: small average changes, comparisons with other exercise, adverse events, and evidence limits.
Yoga Benefits and Evidence: Balance, Sleep, and Pain
Separate yoga’s balance tests from actual falls, and sleep scores from hours slept. Read the participants, results, and limits of three specific studies.
How to read research
How to Read an Exercise Study: Four Questions First
Learn to identify participants, programmes, comparison groups and outcomes in an exercise study, then check sample sizes, timeframes and missing details.
Study Results Explained: Risk, Outcomes and Certainty
Understand relative and absolute risk, confidence intervals and evidence certainty. Worked examples show why fewer falls and fewer people falling differ.
What this library includes
This library includes selected studies and institutional sources cited on the website, not all available evidence. Published refers to the paper year; Checked is the date we reviewed the source. A recent check does not make a paper new.
This library currently has no clinical study entries specific to Jingang Gong; that does not establish that none exist. See the Jingang Gong source guide for teaching materials. Tai chi or Baduanjin findings cannot establish Jingang Gong outcomes.
