Tai Chi and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Compared for Patients With COPD
Tai Chi and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Compared for Patients With COPD.
This study shows that there is another beneficial treatment other than traditional pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD. It compared traditional pulmonary rehabilitation with a Tai Chi treatment. Tai Chi/Qigong was done five times weekly for 12 weeks. The improvements were the same during the study period but the main benefit was that after 3 months Tai Chi’s improvements remained while the pulmonary rehabilitation benefits declined.