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. 2014 Jul 2;9(7):e100903. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100903

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