Major Methodological Challenges in Clinical Study of Qigong Practice as a Therapy
Scientific research on Qigong or Qigong therapies is very recent, but it has generated many interesting findings in medical literature.However, a cursory reading of some research studies or systematic reviews may lead most readers to conclude that Qigong therapy is promising but lacks solid evidence.To date no firm conclusions as to the health benefits of Qigong therapy may be drawn based on extant clinical evidence due to the numerous weaknesses and methodological flaws in many clinical studies.These weaknesses include small sample size, faulty research design such as lacking or poor randomization or blinding, poor trial execution, reporting bias, incompatible controls,insufficient detail on therapy standardization, and a lack of repeatability.
Kevin W Chen
University of Maryland School of Medicine
国内会议
北京
英文
207-220
2014-06-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）