Search strategy for MEDLINE
| Number | Search items |
|---|---|
| 1 | exp tai chi/ or tai ji/ |
| 2 | (tai chi or tai ji or taichi or tai chi chuan or taichi chuan or taiji or tai ji quan or taiji quan or martial arts or shadowbox$).tw. |
| 3 | or/ 1–2 |
| 4 | cerebrovascular disorders/ or exp basal ganglia cerebrovascular disease/ or exp brain ischemia/ or exp carotid artery diseases/ or exp intracranial arterial diseases/ or exp “intracranial embolism and thrombosis”/ or exp intracranial hemorrhages/ or stroke/ or exp brain infarction/ or vasospasm, intracranial/ or vertebral artery dissection/ |
| 5 | (stroke or poststroke or post-stroke or cerebrovasc$ or brain vasc$ or cerebral vasc$ or cva$ or apoplex$).tw. |
| 6 | ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracran$ or intracerebral) adj5 (isch?emi$ or infarct$ or thrombo$ or emboli$ or occlus$)).tw. |
| 7 | ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracerebral or intracranial or subarachnoid) adj5 (haemorrhage$ or hemorrhage$ or haematoma$ or hematoma$ or bleed$)).tw. |
| 8 | hemiplegia/ or exp paresis/ |
| 9 | (hemipleg$ or hemipar$ or paresis or paretic).tw. |
| 10 | or/ 4–9 |
| 11 | 3 and 10 |