I-Tai-chi isiyalo somzimba esidabuka e-China esiyingxenye yezindlela zomqondo womzimba. Lo mkhuba uhlose ukuthuthukisa ukuguquguquka, ukuqinisa uhlelo lwe-musculoskeletal nokugcina impilo enhle ngokomzimba, ngokwengqondo nangokomoya. Ngaleyo ndlela kuzosiza ukunciphisa izinhlungu ezisezingeni eliphansi.

Ocwaningweni olwenziwa ngo-2011¹, Abantu abangu-160 abaneminyaka engu-18 kuya ku-70 futhi abaphethwe yizinhlungu eziqhubekayo zomqolo ophansi, noma babambe iqhaza kuma-Tai-chi sessions (amaseshini ayi-18 emizuzu engama-40 enikezwe isikhathi esingamasonto ayi-10), noma bathola ukunakekelwa kwendabuko. Esikalini samaphoyinti ayi-10, ukungakhululeki okuvela ezinhlungwini ezisezingeni eliphansi kwehliswe ngamaphoyinti ayi-1,7 eqenjini le-Tai chi, ubuhlungu bancishiswa ngamaphoyinti ayi-1,3, futhi umuzwa wokukhubazeka wehliswe ngamaphoyinti angu-2,6 esikalini se-0 kuye kwangama-24 .

Kwesinye isifundo esenziwa ngo-2014², imiphumela ye-Tai-chi yahlolwa emadodeni angama-40 aphakathi kweminyaka engama-20 nengama-30 ubudala ephethwe yizinhlungu ezibuhlungu eziseqolo. Ingxenye yabo ilandele izikhathi ze-Tai-chi ngenkathi enye ingxenye ilandela izikhathi zokwelula, izikhathi ezi-3 zehora elilodwa ngesonto amaviki ama-4. Ubuhlungu bulinganiselwe kusetshenziswa i-Visual Analog Scale, isikali esisuka ku-0 siye ku-10 esivumela isiguli ukuthi sizihlole ngokwaso ubukhulu bobuhlungu esibuzwayo. Ababambe iqhaza eqenjini le-Tai Chi babona ukwehla kwabo kwe-analogue esikalini kusuka ku-3,1 kuya ku-2,1, ngenkathi iqembu eleluliwe lenyuka lisuka kokumaphakathi kwe-3,4 laya ku-2,8.

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