Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.

	TC group (n=29)			Control group (n=29)
	n	%	Mean±SD	n	%	Mean±SD	p
Age (year)			26.1±7.4			24.7±6.2	0,248
Body mass index (kg/m2)			24.6±4.1			24.9±5.7	0,781
Gender							0,121
Female	13	44,8		15	51,7
Male	16	55,2		14	48,3
Dominant side							0,683
Right	25	86,2		26	89,6
Left	4	13,8		3	10,4
Affected side							0,714
Right	20	68,9		22	75,8
Left	9	31,1		7	24,2
Duration of symptoms (week)			20.1±8.6			21.8±4.8	0,647
Education status (year)			14.2±2.6			13.7±1.7	0,146
TC: Tai Chi; SD: Standard deviation.