Nowalk 200129 | Living and learning/Tai Chi (38) | Three times per week for 24 months | 82.8 | 8/30 | – | 24 months |
Basic enhanced programme (35) | 85.9 | 5/30 | – | |
Wolf 200334 | Tai Chi (145) | Twice a week for 48 weeks | 80.9 | 137/8 | – | 48 weeks |
Wellness education (141) | 80.8 | 132/9 | – |
Li 200514 | Yang-style Tai Chi (125) | Three sessions per week for 26 weeks | 76.9 | 87/38 | – | 6 months |
Stretching (131) | 78 | 92/39 | – | |
Faber 200612 | Tai Chi (80) | Once a week for 4 weeks, followed by twice weekly for 16 weeks | 84.8 | 61/19 | – | 16 weeks |
Control, the participants were asked not to change their usual pattern of activities (66) | 85.4 | 53/13 | – |
Voukelatos 200733 | Sun or Yang-style Tai Chi (353) | Once a week for 16 weeks | 69 | 300/53 | 109 (31%) | 16 weeks |
No Tai Chi (349) | 69 | 290/59 | 126 (36%) |
Woo 200713 | Yang-style Tai Chi (60) | Three times per week for 12 months | 68.9 | 30/30 | – | 12 months |
No Tai Chi (60) | 68.6 | 30/30 | – |
Logghe 200928 | Yang-style Tai Chi (138) | Twice a week for 13 weeks | 77.5 | 96/42 | 88 (63.8%) | 12 months |
Usual care (131) | 76.8 | 95/36 | 79 (60.3%) |
Zeng 200935 | Yang-style Tai Chi (63) | ≥Three times a week for 2 years | – | 98/26 | 11(17.4%) | 2 years |
No Tai Chi (61) | | 12(19.7%) |
Chyu 201022 | Yang-style Tai Chi (31) | Once a week for 24 weeks | 72.4 | 31/0 | – | 24 weeks |
No Tai Chi exercise (31) | 71.3 | 31/0 | – |
Huang 201025 | Tai Chi (31) | Three sessions per week for over 5 months | 71.4 | 9/22 | – | 1 year |
No Tai Chi (47) | 71.5 | 19/28 | – |
Huang 201126 | Yang-style Tai Chi (62) | Five times a week for 8 weeks | – | 40/22 | 12 (10%) | 6 months |
No Tai Chi (62) | – | 35/27 | 12 (12%) |
Li 201227 | Tai Chi (65) | Twice a week for 24 weeks | 68 | 20/45 | – | 24 weeks |
Low-intensity exercise (65) | 69 | 26/65 | – |
Taylor 2012a30 | Sun-style Tai Chi (233) | Once/twice a week for 20 weeks | 75.3 | 161/72 | 137 (60%) | 20 weeks |
| Sun-style Tai Chi (220) | 74.4 | 165/55 | 119 (56%) | |
| Low-level exercise (231) | 73.7 | 176/55 | 137 (61%) | |
Taylor 201231 | Yang-style Tai Chi (16) | Three sessions per week for 12 weeks | 72.8 | 6/10 | – | 12 weeks |
Usual care (12) | 64.5 | 5/7 | – |
Tousignant 201332 | Tai Chi (76) | Twice a week for 15 weeks | 79.1 | 57/19 | 76 (100%) | 12 months |
Conventional physical therapy (76) | 80.7 | 54/22 | 76 (100%) |
Gao 201424 | Yang-style Tai Chi+usual care (40) | Three sessions per week for 12 weeks | 69.5 | 14/23 | – | 12 months |
Usual care (40) | 68.3 | 12/27 | – |
Taylor 201415 | Yang-style Tai Chi (53) | Three sessions per week for 12 weeks | 71.5 | 19/34 | – | 12 weeks |
Usual community-based exercise (48) | 68.2 | 25/23 | – |
Day 201523 | Sun-style Tai Chi (205) | Twice a week for 48 weeks | 77.6 | 142/62 | 59 (28.9%) | 48 weeks |
Stretching (204) | 77.8 | 143/62 | 61 (29.8%) |