Table 1. Study Eligibility Criteria.
Study Design | Published data from randomized controlled trials |
Population | Adults, clinical or research populations |
Intervention | Tai Chi, Qi Gong, meditation, or Yoga interventions, or as these mind-body therapies as a major component of the intervention, with duration of four weeks or longer. In studies that involved more than one active intervention, we restricted our analyses to the comparisons between mind-body therapy intervention and control group. For meta-analysis, we used the time-point immediately following completion of the intervention if multiple time-points were measured in a study |
Comparator | Any control |
Outcome | At least one immune outcome |
Minimal sample size | 10 participants |