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Trial reportAmerican journal of men's health

Effect of Tai Chi Softball on Health-Related Outcomes in Elderly Men.

XiaoDong Cheng, Naichun Ji

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in American journal of men's health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The impact of Tai Chi on osteoporosis and osteopenia in middle-aged and elderly adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

XiaoDong ChengBlockchain and Healthcare, Health Service Research Center, Xi'an Medical University, SN, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8409-1496
Naichun JiBlockchain and Healthcare, Health Service Research Center, Xi'an Medical University, SN, China.ORCID 0009-0004-4974-9116

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of Tai Chi Softball (TCSB) training on the physical health of older men, with a focus on improvements in muscle strength, flexibility, balance, and blood lipid profiles. A 12-week randomized controlled trial was conducted, recruiting 140 men aged 55-65 years. Participants were randomly assigned to either a Tai Chi Softball group (TCSBG,

Indexed as

Tai JiAgedHand StrengthHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthPostural Balanceblood lipid profilescardiorespiratory fitnessolder menphysical functionTai Chi Softball

Identifiers

PMID40304406
PMCPMC12046166

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