Table 1.
Search strategy.
| Database | Search criteria |
|---|---|
| PubMed | #1 “Diabetes Mellitus”[Mesh] OR Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [Title/Abstract] OR Type 2 diabetes [Title/Abstract] OR Blood Pressure [Title/Abstract] OR Fasting Blood Glucose [Title/Abstract] OR HbA1c [Title/Abstract] OR Glycosylated Hemoglobin ([Title/Abstract] OR Fasting Insulin [Title/Abstract] OR Blood Lipid [Title/Abstract] OR Inflammatory Cytokines[Title/Abstract]. #2 “Tai Ji” [Mesh] OR Tai Chi Chuan [Title/Abstract] OR Tai-ji [Title/Abstract] OR Tai Chi [Title/Abstract] OR Tai Ji Quan [Title/Abstract] OR Taiji [Title/Abstract] OR Taijiquan [Title/Abstract]. #3–1 AND 2. |
| Cochrane Library | #1 Mesh: [Tai Ji] explode all trees. #2 Mesh: [Diabetes Mellitus] explode all trees. #3 (Tai-ji): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #4 (Tai Chi): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #5 (Tai Chi Chuan): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #6 (Tai Ji Quan): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #7 (Taiji): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #8 (Taijiquan): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #9 (Tai Ji): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #10 (Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #11 (Fasting Insulin): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #12 (Fasting Blood Glucose): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #13 (HbA1c): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #14 (Blood Lipid): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #15 (Inflammatory Cytokines): Title, Abstract, Keywords. #16 #1 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9. #17 #2 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15. #18 #16 OR #17. |
| CNKI | #1 Mesh: tai ji (Tai Chi). #2 Mesh: High blood sugar or type 2 diabetes. #3 #1 and #2. #4 Title, Abstract, Keywords: tai ji (Tai Chi). #5 Title, Abstract, Keywords: High blood sugar or type 2 diabetes or insulin or FBG or lipids. #6 #4 and #5. |
| CBM | #1 Title: TAICHI or taiji. #2 Title: High blood sugar or type 2 diabetes or insulin or FBG or lipids. #3 #1 and #2. #4 Abstract: TAICHI or taiji. #5 Abstract: High blood sugar or type 2 diabetes or insulin or FBG or lipids. #6 #4 and #5. |
| WanFang | #1 Mesh: tai ji (Tai Chi). #2 Mesh: High blood sugar or type 2 diabetes or insulin or FBG or lipids. #3 #1 and #2 #4 Title/Abstract: tai ji (Tai Chi). #5 Title/Abstract: High blood sugar or type 2 diabetes or insulin or FBG or lipids. #6 #4 and #5。 #7 Abstract: tai ji (Tai Chi). #8 Abstract: High blood sugar or type 2 diabetes or insulin or FBG or lipids. #9 #7 and #8. |
| Web of Science | #1 Mesh: Tai-ji、Tai Chi、Tai Chi Chuan、Tai Ji Quan、Taiji、Taijiquan、Tai Ji。 #2 Mesh: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus OR Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus。 #3 #1 and #2 #4 Title: Tai-ji、Tai Chi&、Tai Chi Chuan、Tai Ji Quan、Taiji、Taijiquan、Tai Ji。 #5 Title: Diabetes Mellitus OR Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus OR Blood Pressure OR Fasting Blood Glucose OR HbA1c OR Blood Lipid OR Inflammatory Cytokines。 #6 #4 and #5。 #7 Abstract: Tai-ji、Tai Chi、Tai Chi Chuan、Tai Ji Quan、Taiji、Taijiquan、Tai Ji。 #8 Abstract: Diabetes Mellitus OR Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus OR Blood Pressure OR Fasting Blood Glucose OR HbA1c OR Blood Lipid OR Inflammatory Cytokines。 #9 #7 and #8. |
| Embase | #1 ‘Tai Chi’/Expanded Thesaurus Terms #2 ‘tai ji’: abstract, title #3 ‘tai chi chuan’: abstract, title #4 ‘tai-ji’: abstract, title #5 ‘tai ji quan’: abstract, title #6 ‘taiji’: abstract, title #7 ‘taijiquan’: abstract, title #8 ‘Diabetes Mellitus’/Expanded Thesaurus Terms #9 ‘Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus’: abstract, title #10 ‘randomized controlled trial’/Expanded Thesaurus Terms #11 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 #12 #8 OR #9 #13 #11 OR #12 #14 #10 AND #12 AND #13 |