Tai Chi Chuan (Tai Chi) is a Chinese traditional mind-body exercise and recently, it becomes popular worldwide. During the\r\npractice of Tai Chi, deep diaphragmatic breathing is integrated into body motions to achieve a harmonious balance between\r\nbody and mind and to facilitate the flow of internal energy (Qi). Participants can choose to perform a complete set of Tai Chi\r\nor selected movements according to their needs. Previous research substantiates that Tai Chi has significant benefits to health\r\npromotion, and regularly practicing Tai Chi improves aerobic capacity, muscular strength, balance, health-related quality of life,\r\nand psychological well-being. Recent studies also prove that Tai Chi is safe and effective for patients with neurological diseases\r\n(e.g., stroke, Parkinson�s disease, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, cognitive dysfunction), rheumatological disease (e.g.,\r\nrheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and fibromyalgia), orthopedic diseases (e.g., osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, low-back\r\npain, and musculoskeletal disorder), cardiovascular diseases (e.g., acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting\r\nsurgery, and heart failure), chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and breast cancers. Tai Chi is an aerobic exercise withmild-tomoderate\r\nintensity and is appropriate for implementation in the community.This paper reviews the existing literature on Tai Chi\r\nand introduces its health-promotion effect and the potential clinical applications.
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